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.
HURRIER
Etymology
Noun
hurrier (plural hurriers)
A person who hurries.
(British, obsolete) A young boy or girl employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.
Source: Wiktionary
Hur"ri*er, n.
Definition: One who hurries or urges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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