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.
BOSTON
Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts
(noun) state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Boston
A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England.
The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County; named for the town in England.
A city in Georgia, United States; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
A town in Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A town in South Australia.
A municipality of Philippines.
A village in County Clare, Ireland.
A village in Kyrgyzstan.
A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
A settlement in Belize.
A settlement in Suriname.
An county seat, Bowie County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio; named for its township, itself named for the city in Massachusetts.
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
An unincorporated community in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties, Virginia.
(cards) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
(rare) A male given name from place names, surnames.
Synonyms
• (Massachusetts city): Beantown
Noun
Boston (plural Bostons)
(card games) In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
A Boston lettuce.
Anagrams
• Tobons
Source: Wiktionary
Bos"ton, n.
Definition: A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SEX
(noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; “he wanted a better sex life”; “the film contained no sex or violence”
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