Drudge \Drudge\, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. --Otway.
Drudge \Drudge\, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. --Milton.
Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. 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. --Macaulay.