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.
HAIRPIN
hairpin
(noun) a double pronged pin used to hold women’s hair in place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hairpin (plural hairpins)
A pin or fastener for the hair.
(biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme.
(mostly, attributive) A very tight bend in a road.
(music) An elongated v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo
Source: Wiktionary
Hair"pin` (, n.
Definition: A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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