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.
TRUDGES
Verb
trudges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trudge
Source: Wiktionary
TRUDGE
Trudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.] Etym: [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. þruga.]
Definition: To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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