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.
HACKSAW
hacksaw, hack saw, metal saw
(noun) saw used with one hand for cutting metal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hacksaw (plural hacksaws)
A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
Verb
hacksaw (third-person singular simple present hacksaws, present participle hacksawing, simple past hacksawed, past participle hacksawn or hacksawed)
To cut with a hacksaw.
Anagrams
• kwachas
Source: Wiktionary
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