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.
LUCKNOW
Lucknow
(noun) the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
Lucknow
(noun) a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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