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.
KNOCKOFFS
Noun
knockoffs
plural of knockoff
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
KNOCKOFF
Knock"-off`, a.
Definition: That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.
Knock"-off`, n.
Definition: Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.),
Definition: a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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