Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DRAGGLED
bedraggled, draggled
(adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; “the beggar’s bedraggled clothes”; “scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
draggled
simple past tense and past participle of draggle
Adjective
draggled (comparative more draggled, superlative most draggled)
Bedraggled.
Source: Wiktionary
DRAGGLE
Drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling.] Etym: [Freq. of drag. Drawl.]
Definition: To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench.
Drag"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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