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drudging

drudg·ing [ drújjing ] (plural drudg·ings)


noun 
Definition:
 
South Atlantic U.S. dredging for oysters: on the coasts of especially Maryland and Virginia, the process of dredging for oysters as practiced by Chesapeake Bay watermen

[Mid-18th century. < variant of dredge1]
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