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.
EXCAVATOR
excavator
(noun) a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
excavator (plural excavators)
A person who excavates.
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc; a backhoe; digger.
Hyponyms
• dragline, dragline excavator
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"ca*va`tor, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACK
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
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