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.
COLLIER
COLLY
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Derived from the name of occupation - collier, a coal miner
Proper noun
Collier
A surname.
Anagrams
• Coriell
Etymology
Noun
collier (plural colliers)
A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.
(nautical) A vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal.
(nautical) A sailor on such a vessel.
(slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller.
Anagrams
• Coriell
Source: Wiktionary
Col"lier, n. Etym: [OE. colier. See Coal.]
1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.
2. A vessel employed in the coal trade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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