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.
PETTIFOGGINGS
Noun
pettifoggings
plural of pettifogging
Source: Wiktionary
PETTIFOGGING
Pet"ti*fog`ging, a.
Definition: Paltry; quibbling; mean.
Pet"ti*fog`ging, n.
Definition: Pettifoggery.
PETTIFOG
Pet"ti*fog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging.] Etym: [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
Definition: To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis." S. Butler.
Pet"ti*fog, v. t.
Definition: To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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