Drudgery
Pronunciation : Drudg"er*y
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.
Syn. -- See Toll.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913