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.
HOLLUSCHICKIE
Hol"lus*chick`ie, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluii naked.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.
The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins.
But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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