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.
CULTCH
Etymology
Noun
cultch (countable and uncountable, plural cultches)
Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Young or seed oysters together with the shells and other objects to which they are usually attached.
Rubbish; debris; refuse.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Cultch (klch;224), n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. [Also written cutch.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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