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.
CHINSTRAP
Etymology
Noun
chinstrap (plural chinstraps)
A strip of leather or material used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin.
A form of beard grown under the chin.
A band of colour below a bird's mouth, resembling the chinstrap of a helmet.
Source: Wiktionary
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