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.
CARROMING
Verb
carroming
present participle of carrom
Anagrams
• cairngorm
Source: Wiktionary
CARROM
Car"rom, n. (Billiards)
Definition: See Carom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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