COBLES

Proper noun

Cobles

plural of Coble

Noun

cobles

plural of coble

Source: Wiktionary


COBLE

Co"ble, n. Etym: [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.]

Definition: A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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QUANDONG

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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.

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