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.
PAWKIEST
PAWKY
pawky
(adjective) cunning and sly; “the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants”- Punch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pawkiest
superlative form of pawky: most pawky
Source: Wiktionary
PAWKY
Paw"ky, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. pæcean to deceive.]
Definition: Arch; cunning; sly. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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