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.
JENNY
jennet, jenny, jenny ass
(noun) female donkey
Jenny, William Le Baron Jenny
(noun) United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Jenny (plural Jennies)
A diminutive of the female given names Jane, Jennifer, Eugenia (rarely), also used as a formal given name.
Noun
Jenny (plural Jennies)
(UK, informal) A Wren (a member of the WRNS).
(slang) A Curtiss JN-4 airplane.
Etymology
Noun
jenny (plural jennies)
A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey.
A catmill.
Source: Wiktionary
Jen"ny, n.; pl. Jennies (.
1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A familiar name of the European wren. Jenny ass (Zoöl.), a female ass.
Jen"ny, n. Etym: [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.]
Definition: A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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