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.
HOLK
Etymology
Noun
holk (plural holks)
(UK dialectal) A hollow cavity.
Verb
holk (third-person singular simple present holks, present participle holking, simple past and past participle holked)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up; excavate.
Anagrams
• kohl
Source: Wiktionary
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