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"gedunked" in coffee -- and by the 1930s it was obviously well established in the Navy to refer to any concoction involving ice cream, and especially to establishments dispensing it.

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  1. noun Any of various tropical African shrubs or trees of the genus Coffea, especially C. arabica, widely cultivated in the tropics for their seeds that are dried, roasted, and ground to prepare a stimulating aromatic drink.
  2. noun The beanlike seeds of this plant, enclosed within a pulpy fruit.
  3. noun The beverage prepared from the seeds of this plant.
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  • Here the coffee is allowed to dry in the heat of the sun, and it is then shaken into large stone mortars, where it is lightly pounded with wooden hammers, set in motion by water power. —  The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
  • One sip, one breath, one sip, one breath, and by the time the coffee was all inside him, his face had faded from its alarming crimson hue to something more approximating fish belly, with a couple of faint reddish marks where the men had hit him. —  The Fiery Cross
  • Seconds later, as if the coffee was the best she'd ever tasted, she reopened her eyes. —  Stone Cold Surrender
  • There was a tension headache in there somewhere, but it hadn't wormed to the surface yet. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • "gedunked" in coffee -- and by the 1930s it was obviously well established in the Navy to refer to any concoction involving ice cream, and especially to establishments dispensing it. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 4
 

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bunn · caffeine · cat · kawa · kave · coffee · java · joe · kape · kava · krone · fika · espresso · cappuccino · buna · coffea

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  1. Alteration (influenced by Italian caffè, from Turkish) of Ottoman Turkish qahveh, from Arabic qahwa; see qhw in Semitic roots.

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  1. First in 17th century, in various form's coffee, coffa, cauphe, etc.; = Dutch koffïj = German koffee (after English), now kaffee (after F.) = Danish Swedish kaffe (after F.) = Russian kofe, kofeĭ = French caffe, coffe, now café (whence the half-English café, a coffee-house) = Spanish Portuguese café = Italian caffè (New Latin choava, now coffea), from Turkish qahwe, from Arabic qahwe, qahwa, coffee (as a liquid); cf. Arabic bonn, the coffee-berry.
 

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/ˈkɑfə/
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