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.
LOCKUP
locking, lockup
(noun) the act of locking something up to protect it
lockup
(noun) jail in a local police station
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lockup (plural lockups)
(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
(printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
(marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
Anagrams
• uplock
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"up`, n.
Definition: A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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