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单词 droy
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droyn.

Etymology: This and the verb following appear to be related in some way to droil n.
Obsolete.
A servant; a drudge.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge
drivelc1225
meniala1387
druggarc1500
drudgea1513
kitchen wencha1556
coal carrier1567
droy1570
packhorse?1577
droil1579
blue coat1583
sumpter1587
mill-horse1602
subsizar1602
jackal1649
mediastine1658
slut1664
hack1699
scrub1709
Gibeonite1798
the lion's provider1808
slush1825
Slave of the Lampc1840
runabout1893
lobby-gow1906
squidge1907
dogsbody1922
legman1939
shit-kicker1950
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 31v Good droy to serue hogs, to help wash & to milke.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiiv Any droye or pussle in the Cuntrey.
1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xviii.) f. 66 Euery droy in the house, yea the kitchen mayd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

droyv.

Etymology: see droy n.
intransitive. To toil, drudge.
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society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil
workeOE
swingc1000
to the boneOE
labourc1390
toilc1400
drevyll?1518
drudge1548
droy1576
droil1591
to tug at the (an) oar1612
to stand to it1632
rudge1676
slave1707
to work like a beaver1741
to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828
to feague it away1829
to work like a nigger1836
delve1838
slave1852
leather1863
to sweat one's guts out1890
hunker1903
to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932
to eat (also work) like a horse1937
beaver1946
to work like a drover's dog1952
to get one's nose down (to)1962
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > toil > at something unpleasant
drevyll?1518
drudge1548
droy1576
droil1591
delve1838
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F He which can, in office drudge, and droy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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