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.
DOREES
Noun
dorees
plural of doree
Anagrams
• Derose, erodes, redoes, redose
Source: Wiktionary
DOREE
Do"ree, n. Etym: [See Dory.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.
Note: The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dorée, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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