plodder

1. One who plods.
2. A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.
3. A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: plodder

In summary

From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er.

Synonyms

slogger

trudger

hard worker

slowpoke

stick-in-the-mud

slowcoach

toiler

screw extruder

dogsbody

screw extrusion press

drudge

sloucher

striver

struggler

worker

fagger

Translations

المثابر

cançoner

tortuga

🐢

ganso

maimó

tocatardà

Arbeitstier

μοχθών

bâilleur

bûcheur

bâilleuse

lumaca

marmotta

lumacone

polenta