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.
AIRFREIGHT
airfreight, air-ship, air-freight
(verb) transport (cargo) by air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
airfreight (uncountable)
The transportation of freight by air.
The amount charged for such transport.
Verb
airfreight (third-person singular simple present airfreights, present participle airfreighting, simple past and past participle airfreighted)
(transitive) To transport by air.
Source: Wiktionary
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