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.
JACKSTONES
jacks, jackstones, knucklebones
(noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jack, jackstones
(noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
jackstones
plural of jackstone
Source: Wiktionary
JACKSTONE
Jack"stone`, n. (a) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones. (b) (pl.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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