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means Hard, tedious work that has to be done over and over, with little reward or glory in it.

from From the verb 'drudge,' meaning to toil at menial, exhausting labor — its own roots are murky, though it's likely related to Old English 'dreogan,' meaning to work or endure. The '-ery' suffix just piles the grind into a whole category of suffering, the way '-ery' turns 'slave' into 'slavery.' Nobody's sure exactly how old 'drudge' is, but by the time English got hold of it, it already smelled like sweat and dishwater.