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.
ALANS
Noun
alans
plural of alan
Anagrams
• Anals, NALSA, anals, nalas, nasal
Proper noun
Alans
plural of Alan
Noun
Alans pl (plural only)
(Cockney rhyming slang) knickers (shortened form of Alan Whickers).
Anagrams
• Anals, NALSA, anals, nalas, nasal
Source: Wiktionary
ALAN
A*lan", n. Etym: [OF. alan, alant; cf. Sp. alano.]
Definition: A wolfhound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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