Drudge: alternatives and connections

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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One who plods; a drudge.

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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One who, or that which, hacks. Specifically: A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine…

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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.

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See Poon.

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A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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