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.
AIRER
Etymology
Noun
airer (plural airers)
A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse.
Anagrams
• Riera, arrie, reair
Source: Wiktionary
Air"er, n.
1. One who exposes to the air.
2. A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOCUS
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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