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.
LUGGERS
Noun
luggers
plural of lugger
Anagrams
• Ruggles, gurgles, slugger
Source: Wiktionary
LUGGER
Lug"ger, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.
Lug"ger, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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