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.
CHILDBED
parturiency, labor, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; “she was in labor for six hours”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
childbed (countable and uncountable, plural childbeds)
(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement
(countable) The bed in which a baby is born
Source: Wiktionary
Child"bed, n.
Definition: The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
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