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.
FLOORER
Etymology
Noun
floorer (plural floorers)
Someone who floors, lays flooring
(UK) In skittles, the act of knocking down all of the skittles in one throw.
(informal) A knock-down blow.
(informal) A decisive retort.
(informal) A question that one cannot easily answer; a poser.
Anagrams
• forlore, refloor
Source: Wiktionary
Floor"er, n.
Definition: Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LOITER
(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”
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