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.
NUBBLE
nub, nubble
(noun) a small lump or protuberance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nubble (plural nubbles)
A small knob or lump.
Verb
nubble (third-person singular simple present nubbles, present participle nubbling, simple past and past participle nubbled)
(obsolete) To beat or bruise with the fist.
Anagrams
• Lubben
Source: Wiktionary
Nub"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.]
Definition: To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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