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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps copying the action

trudge

 verb
     
trudge [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to walk with slow heavy steps, especially because you are tired or it is difficult to walk:
We trudged home through the snow.
—trudge noun [singular]
the long trudge back up the hill
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