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.
KIPPERS
Proper noun
Kippers
plural of Kipper
Anagrams
• Skipper, skipper
Noun
kippers
plural of kipper
Anagrams
• Skipper, skipper
Source: Wiktionary
KIPPER
Kip"per, n. Etym: [D. kippen to hatch, snatch, seize. Cf. Kipe.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A salmon after spawning.
2. A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh. [Scot.] Kipper time, the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden. [Eng. & Scot.]
Kip"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kippered; p. pr. & vb. n. Kippering.]
Definition: To cure, by splitting, salting, and smoking. "Kippered salmon." Dickens.
Kip"per, a.
Definition: Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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