It was her home; for the first time in her life she had a real home, and the long, weary years of poorly paid drudgery were all behind her. "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Is it likely that, supposing I were willing to undergo the drudgery of writing for my bread, I could live by my wits and the produce of my brain; or is such an existence desirable? "Records of a Girlhood" by Frances Ann Kemble

Barbara, his eldest, was beautiful; but her beauty would be dimmed by drudgery. "The Lost Wagon" by James Arthur Kjelgaard