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.
FOXHOLE
foxhole, fox hole
(noun) a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
foxhole (plural foxholes)
The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
Synonyms
• dugout
• fighting hole
• spider hole
Verb
foxhole (third-person singular simple present foxholes, present participle foxholing, simple past and past participle foxholed)
(transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.
(transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.
Source: Wiktionary
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