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.
PALOOKA
stumblebum, palooka
(noun) a second-rate prize fighter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palooka (plural palookas)
(US slang) A stupid, oafish or clumsy person.
(US, boxing, bridge and similar ventures) Someone incompetent or untalented.
Source: Wiktionary
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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