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.
MIRLITON
Etymology
Noun
mirliton (plural mirlitons)
A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
(musical instruments) The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mir"li*ton, n. [F.]
Definition: A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound.
Trilby singing "Ben Bolt" into a mirliton was a thing to be remembered, whether one would or no! Du Maurier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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