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.
FELLMONGER
Etymology
Noun
fellmonger (plural fellmongers)
(British) Someone who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
Verb
fellmonger (third-person singular simple present fellmongers, present participle fellmongering, simple past and past participle fellmongered)
To prepare animal skin for tanning.
Source: Wiktionary
Fell"mon`ger, n.
Definition: A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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