In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DRUDGED
Verb
drudged
simple past tense and past participle of drudge
Source: Wiktionary
DRUDGE
Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] Etym: [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.]
Definition: To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.
Drudge, v. t.
Definition: To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.
Drudge, n.
Definition: One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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