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plugger

5.8

A person who works quietly and steadily without seeking praise

noun
/ˈplʌɡər/

: trabajador

Despite facing many challenges, the plugger never gave up and continued to work hard.

Examples

A true plugger, she diligently finished her project without seeking any praise.
Verona: the plugger, rough around the edges, but persistent and reliable.

Fiction book (1992)
He is known as a plugger in the office, always putting in extra effort and helping his colleagues.

Synonyms

plodder

vsplugger

1 6.5

A person who works slowly and steadily without much energy or imagination

is persistent and steady but not necessarily slow or dull

toiler

vsplugger

1 7.8

A person who works very hard, often doing heavy or boring tasks

is steady and persistent rather than focused on physical strain

grafter

vsplugger

1 5.8

A person who works very hard at their job

is consistent and persistent rather than showing intense effort

slogger

vsplugger

7.4

A person who keeps working for long hours at boring tasks

is the same persistence but without seeking attention or reward

Antonyms

slacker

Offensive

33 4.6

A person who avoids work and often does very little

How Persistent

workhorse

12 3.5

plugger

5.8

hard worker

33 1.3

Surface Forms

plugger singular

pluggers plural

Morphology

plugger = plug (semi-transparent) = plug + er

Built by adding agentive '-er' to 'plug'; the 'steady worker' sense depends on the phrasal usage 'plug away' and may not be transparent to learners who only know the core noun sense.

Etymology

The word plugger also comes from the phrase plug away, where plug gives the idea of steady effort, 'to keep going'. So a plugger is a person who works steadily and does not give up.