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.
CANDLEPIN
candlepin
(noun) a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
candlepin (plural candlepins)
(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.
Anagrams
• pinnacled
Source: Wiktionary
Can`dle*pin`, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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