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.
PEEWEE
pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
(noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint
(noun) disparaging terms for small people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
peewee (plural peewees)
(informal) A short or small person; a small object.
A kind of small marble in children's games.
(US, sports) A player in a sports league for very young children.
Etymology 2
Probably from onomatopoeia of the birds' songs.
Noun
peewee (plural peewees)
(Australia, New South Wales and Queensland) A magpie-lark or mudlark, Grallina cyanoleuca.
A pewee.
Source: Wiktionary
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