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.
HARBOUR
harbor, harbour
(noun) a place of refuge and comfort and security
seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
(noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
(verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); “bear a grudge”; “entertain interesting notions”; “harbor a resentment”
harbor, harbour, shield
(verb) hold back a thought or feeling about; “She is harboring a grudge against him”
harbor, harbour
(verb) keep in one’s possession; of animals
harbor, harbour
(verb) secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Harbour (plural Harbours)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Harbour is the 7964th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4155 individuals. Harbour is most common among White (84.79%) individuals.
Noun
harbour (plural harbours)
Commonwealth standard spelling of harbor.
Verb
harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)
Commonwealth standard spelling of harbor.
Source: Wiktionary
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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