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.
CHITTERLINGS
chitterlings, chitlins, chitlings
(noun) small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
chitterlings (uncountable)
Small intestine, boiled and fried, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
Synonyms
• chitlins
• chitlings
Etymology 2
Noun
chitterlings
plural of chitterling
Source: Wiktionary
Chit"ter*lings, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. AS. cwiÞ womb, Icel. kvith, Goth. qiÞus, belly, womb, stomach, G. kutteln chitterlings.] (Cookery)
Definition: The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
CHITTERLING
Chit"ter*ling, n.
Definition: The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] Gascoigne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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