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.
HORSEHIDE
horsehide
(noun) leather from the hide of a horse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
horsehide (countable and uncountable, plural horsehides)
Hide of a horse.
(baseball, slang) A baseball. [19th century]
Source: Wiktionary
Horse"hide`, n.
1. The hide of a horse.
2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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