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.
CLICKER
Etymology
Noun
clicker (plural clickers)
(slang) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.
A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
(UK, obsolete) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
(printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship.
(printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Click"er, n.
1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]
2. (Print.)
Definition: One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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