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.
DRUMMERS
Proper noun
Drummers
plural of Drummer
Noun
drummers
plural of drummer
Source: Wiktionary
DRUMMER
Drum"mer, n.
1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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