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.
BATTLEDORE
battledore, battledore and shuttlecock
(noun) an ancient racket game
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
battledore (plural battledores)
A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
The racket used in this game.
(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.
(historical) A bat or beetle used in washing clothes.
Anagrams
• tetralobed
Source: Wiktionary
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