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.
BLOTTER
blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet
(noun) the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blotter (plural blotters)
a piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture
(law enforcement) a daily register of arrests and other events in a police station
a register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions
(slang) A portion of blotter acid.
Anagrams
• Roblett, Tolbert, bottler
Source: Wiktionary
Blot"ter, n.
1. One who, or that which blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
2. (Com.)
Definition: A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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