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.
GOLDFINNY
Noun
goldfinny (plural goldfinnies)
One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
Synonyms
• goldney
• goldsinny
Source: Wiktionary
Gold"fin`ny, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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