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.
NAILBRUSH
nailbrush
(noun) a brush used to clean a person’s fingernails
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nailbrush (plural nailbrushes)
A small brush, with firm bristles, used to clean the fingernails or to scrub the hands.
Source: Wiktionary
Nail"brush`, n.
Definition: A brush for cleaning the nails.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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