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.
BISMARCK
Bismarck, capital of North Dakota
(noun) capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river
Bismarck, von Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor
(noun) German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Named for the German statesman Otto von Bismarck.
Noun
bismarck (plural bismarcks)
(North America) A dessert pastry
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, US Midwest) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
Proper noun
Bismarck
A German family name.
Otto von Bismarck, one of the prominent German statesmen of the nineteenth century.
A major German battleship during World War II (named after the statesman).
The capital city of North Dakota, USA and the county seat of Burleigh County.
Noun
Bismarck (plural Bismarcks)
An apple cultivar from Australia.
Alternative form of bismarck.
Source: Wiktionary
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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