According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
DANDRUFF
dandruff
(noun) loose scales shed from the scalp; “I could see the dandruff on her shoulders”
dandruff
(noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dandruff (usually uncountable, plural dandruffs)
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
Verb
dandruff (third-person singular simple present dandruffs, present participle dandruffing, simple past and past participle dandruffed)
To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
Source: Wiktionary
Dandruff, n. Etym: [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. sq. root240.]
Definition: A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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