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.
CARGOS
Proper noun
Cargos
plural of Cargo
Anagrams
• Cogars, Cragos, scroag
Noun
cargos
plural of cargo
cargo pants
Anagrams
• Cogars, Cragos, scroag
Source: Wiktionary
CARGO
Car"go, n.; pl. Cargoes. Etym: [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.]
Definition: The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.
Note: The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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