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.
BRICKWORK
brickwork
(noun) masonry done with bricks and mortar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
brickwork (uncountable)
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Source: Wiktionary
Brick"work`, n.
1. Anything made of bricks. Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. Tomlinson.
2. The act of building with or laying bricks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLEAN
(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”
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