Read full poem →Our freedom for a little bread we sell,
And drudge under some foolish master’s ken
Who rates us if we peer outside our pen,--
Dictionary Entry
A person who works in a low servile job.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. drudgereport drudgework drudgedrudge householddrudge mattdrudge meredrudge poordrudge domestic
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Poetry examples for “drudge”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Our freedom for a little bread we sell, 5
And drudge under some foolish° master's ken.° °6
Who rates° us if we peer outside our pen-- °7
Read full poem →Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit;
For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient;
And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
Read full poem →Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit:
For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient;
And too fond of the _right_ to pursue the _expedient._ 40
Read full poem →And the world's sun seemed to rise
To drudge all day for Guy the wise.
In his rich nurseries, timely skill
Read full poem →One frightful thing? We all have used the man
As though a drudge of ours, with not a source
Of happy thoughts except in us; and yet
Read full poem →“At barn or byre thou shalt na drudge,
Or naething else to trouble thee;
Read full poem →Think ye, that sic as you and I,
Wha drudge and drive thro' wet an' dry,
Wi' never-ceasing toil;
Read full poem →Brooding o'er lexicons to pass the day,
And in that labour drudge my life away?