A person who performs hard labor or tedious work during the day, grinding through repetitive tasks.
Compound of 'day' and 'drudge,' with 'drudge' coming from unknown origins but appearing in English since the 1600s for tedious laborers.
The term 'daydrudge' captures something that factory workers experienced—the specific exhaustion of repetitive motion work under daylight when you can see how much work is left.
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