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.
cabs
plural of cab
cabs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cab
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Cabs
plural of Cab
• ABCS, ABCs, B. A. Sc., B.A.Sc., BACS, BACs, BASc, CASB, CBSA, SABC, SCBA, bacs, scab
CABs
plural of CAB
• ABCS, ABCs, B. A. Sc., B.A.Sc., BACS, BACs, BASc, CASB, CBSA, SABC, SCBA, bacs, scab
Source: Wiktionary
Cab, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.
Note: A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. Hansom cab. See Hansom.
2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.
Cab, n. Etym: [Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.]
Definition: A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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.