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.
FISHSKIN
Etymology
Noun
fishskin (plural fishskins)
The skin of a fish.
Source: Wiktionary
Fish"skin`, n.
1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)
2. (Med.)
Definition: See Ichthyosis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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