Synonyms:
drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork
Meaning: hard monotonous routine work
Usage examples
The former had been trained to farm labor and the common drudgery of slave life.
You're too various, too gifted, too personal, to tie yourself down, at your age, to the dismal drudgery of teaching."
However languidly certain elements of American society may perform what they deem the drudgery of politics, they do not shrink from it when they hear warning of real danger.