Drudgery is dull heavy work that never ends. Household drudgery.
The never-ending part is what defines it, since anything finished is merely hard work. Machines removed a great deal of drudgery and created expectations that filled the time again.
1noundrudgeryDull heavy work that never ends.
“The drudgery of the laundry took two days out of every week.”
drudgery is work.
DRUDGery → work that DRAGs
The mop drags across the same floor every night, and nobody ever thanks you for it.
hooks ontodrag
Drudge plus -ery; drudge is of uncertain origin and has meant a menial worker since the fifteenth century.
From drudge + ery.
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