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.
COBBLER
cobbler
(noun) tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit
cobbler, shoemaker
(noun) a person who makes or repairs shoes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cobbler (plural cobblers)
A person who makes and repairs shoes
A person who lays cobbles; a roadworker
A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a crust at the base
(slang, usually, in the plural) A police officer
An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice
(obsolete) A clumsy workman
Synonyms
• (person who repairs shoes): shoemender, shoe repairer, shoemaker (person making or repairing shoes), cordwainer (archaic; person making shoes from new leather)
• (police officer): see police officer
Anagrams
• clobber
Noun
Cobbler (plural Cobblers)
A person from Northamptonshire (traditionally a centre for shoemaking)
Anagrams
• clobber
Source: Wiktionary
Cob"bler, n.
1. A mender of shoes. Addison.
2. A clumsy workman. Shak.
3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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