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.
HARDPACK
Etymology
Noun
hardpack (countable and uncountable, plural hardpacks)
(uncountable) A material (such as dirt, gravel, or snow) compressed into a hard, smooth surface for roads etc.
(countable) A hard package, especially of cigarettes.
Antonyms
• (package): softpack
Source: Wiktionary
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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