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.
DINKED
Verb
dinked
simple past tense and past participle of dink
Source: Wiktionary
DINK
Dink, a. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns.
– Dink"ly, adv.
Dink, v. t.
Definition: To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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