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91Tone syllable — Tone Tone (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin},… …
92donkeywork — noun Date: 1920 monotonous and routine work ; drudgery …
93slavery — noun Date: 1551 1. drudgery, toil 2. submission to a dominating influence 3. a. the state of a person who is a chattel of another b. the practice of slaveholding …
94spadework — noun Date: 1778 1. work done with a spade 2. the hard plain preliminary drudgery in an undertaking …
95drudge — I. verb (drudged; drudging) Etymology: Middle English druggen Date: 14th century intransitive verb to do hard, menial, or monotonous work transitive verb to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work • drudger noun II …
96fag — I. verb (fagged; fagging) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete fag to droop, from fag fag end Date: 1772 intransitive verb to work hard ; toil transitive verb to tire by strenuous activity ; exhaust …
97free — I. adjective (freer; freest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English frēo; akin to Old High German frī free, Welsh rhydd, Sanskrit priya own, dear Date: before 12th century 1. a. having the legal and political rights of a citizen b. enjoying… …
98moil — I. verb Etymology: Middle English mollen, moillen, from Anglo French moiller, from Vulgar Latin *molliare, from Latin mollis soft more at mollify Date: 15th century transitive verb chiefly dialect to make wet or dirty intransitive verb 1. to work …
99swink — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swincan; akin to Old High German swingan to rush more at swing Date: before 12th century archaic toil, slave II. noun Date: 12th century archaic labor …
100Andrew Johnson — This article is about the president of the United States. For other uses, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). Andrew Johnson 17th President of the United States In offic …
