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.
CLUBHAND
Etymology
Noun
clubhand (plural clubhands)
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
Source: Wiktionary
Club"hand`, n. (Med.)
Definition: A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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