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.
FRISKERS
Noun
friskers
plural of frisker
Source: Wiktionary
FRISKER
Frisker, n.
Definition: One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person. Camden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
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