Apparently the word 'drudge' comes from the Irish drúgaire, an old word for a slave.

Division by a common language goes the other way too; after a course in Irish in Donegal a lovely American girl was making her thank-you speech. The cheers that greeted the words "and boys, thanks for all the great rides" (she'd been given lifts all over the place by all the men) raised the ceiling. That glow New Yorkers saw to their east was her blush when she realised what she'd said.

A fripper used to mean a collector and seller of old clothes, to add another profession.