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.
FAGEND
Fag"*end", n.
1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.
2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.
Fag"*end", n.
1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.
2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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