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.
BUMPERED
Verb
bumpered
simple past tense and past participle of bumper
Source: Wiktionary
BUMPER
Bum"per, n. Etym: [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.]
1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.
2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant]
Bump"er, n.
1. That which bumps or causes a bump.
2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
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