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.
DUNCH
Etymology 1
Verb
dunch (third-person singular simple present dunches, present participle dunchin or dunching, simple past and past participle dunched)
(Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch
(Geordie) To crash into; to bump into.
(Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.
(British) To jog, especially with the elbow.
Etymology 2
Noun
dunch (plural dunches)
(dialectal) A push; knock; bump
(golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.
Etymology 3
Noun
dunch
(informal, rare) A leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.
Proper noun
Dunch
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
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