Drudge
Drudge (druj) , intransitive verb
[Old English druggen; prob not akin to English drag, transitive verb, but from Celtic; compare Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]
To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
Drudge , transitive verb
To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day.
Drudge , noun
One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant. — Milton