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.
DOUGHBOY
doughboy
(noun) a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; “the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut”
doughboy
(noun) an American infantryman in World War I
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
doughboy (plural doughboys)
(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
A kind of flour dumpling.
Frybread.
Source: Wiktionary
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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