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.
FLIVVER
Etymology
Noun
flivver (plural flivvers)
(colloquial, dated, North American) An automobile, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.
Synonyms
• jalopy, tin Lizzie
Source: Wiktionary
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