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.
PIGNUTS
Noun
pignuts
plural of pignut
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• gun pits, stuping
Source: Wiktionary
PIGNUT
Pig"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) See Groundnut (d). (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, or porcina); also, the tree itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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