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.
PIKER
Etymology
Noun
piker (plural pikers)
(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
A stingy person; a cheapskate.
An amateur.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
(US, dated) A male freshman at Cornell University.
A tramp; a vagrant.
Synonym: pike
Anagrams
• Kiper
Source: Wiktionary
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