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schlep
OXFORD DICTIONARY
schlep, v. & n. (also schlepp) colloq.
--v. (schlepped, schlepping)
1 tr. carry, drag.
2 intr. go or work tediously or effortfully.
--n. esp. US trouble or hard work.
--v. (schlepped, schlepping)
1 tr. carry, drag.
2 intr. go or work tediously or effortfully.
--n. esp. US trouble or hard work.
Etymology
Yiddish shlepn f. G schleppen drag
THESAURUS
schlep
airing, amble, chug on, constitutional, drab, forced march, frump, hike, jaunt, jog on, litterbug, lumber, march, mush, parade, peg, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pig, plod, plod along, plug, plug along, promenade, ramble, rub on, saunter, schlump, slattern, slob, sloppy Joe, sloven, slut, stretch, stroll, stump, swine, traipse, tramp, trollop, trudge, turn, walk, walking tourFor further exploring for "schlep" in Webster Dictionary Online