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.
CHABOUKS
Noun
chabouks
plural of chabouk
Source: Wiktionary
CHABOUK
Cha*bouk", Cha*buk", n. Etym: [Hind. chabuk horsewhip.]
Definition: A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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