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.
BASTER
baster
(noun) a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
baster, tacker
(noun) a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
baster
(noun) a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
baster (plural basters)
One who bastes.
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
Anagrams
• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Etymology
Noun
Baster (plural Basters)
A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.
Synonyms
• Rehobother
Anagrams
• Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, bestar, breast, rebats, tabers
Source: Wiktionary
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