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.
GAMINS
Noun
gamins
plural of gamin
Anagrams
• 'Namgis, Magins, Sigman, gminas, masing
Source: Wiktionary
GAMIN
Gam"in, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' L. Oliphant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGALITH
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