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.
PROG
Noun
PROG (uncountable)
Abbreviation of progesterone.
Synonym: P4
Anagrams
• gorp
Etymology 1
Abbreviations.
Adjective
prog (not comparable)
Abbreviation of progressive.
Noun
prog (plural progs)
(informal, music genre) Progressive rock.
(computing, informal) A program.
(UK, university slang, dated) A proctor.
(informal, politics) A progressive.
Etymology 2
Noun
prog (countable and uncountable, plural progs)
(slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
(slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
(obsolete) A pointed instrument.
Verb
prog (third-person singular simple present progs, present participle progging, simple past and past participle progged)
(obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
(obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
(Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
Anagrams
• gorp
Proper noun
Prog
(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive Party.
Noun
Prog (plural Progs)
(politics) Abbreviation of Progressive.
Anagrams
• gorp
Source: Wiktionary
Prog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progged (. p. pr. & vb. n. Progging.] Etym: [Cf. D. prachen, G. prachern, Dan. prakke, Sw. pracka, to beg, L. procare, procari, to ask, demand, and E. prowl.]
1. To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks. [Low] A perfect artist in progging for money. Fuller. I have been endeavoring to prog for you. Burke.
2. To steal; to rob; to filch. [Low] Johnson.
3. To prick; to goad; to progue. [Scot.]
Prog, n.
1. Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies. [Slang] Swift. So long as he picked from the filth his prog. R. Browning.
2. A vagrant beggar; a tramp. [Slang]
3. A goal; progue. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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