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.
FLIPPEST
Adjective
flippest
superlative form of flip: most flip
Source: Wiktionary
FLIP
Flip, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]
Definition: A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron. Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
Flip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]
Definition: To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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