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.
PIVOTMAN
Etymology
Noun
pivotman (plural pivotmen)
(military) A pivot; the soldier around whom a body of troops wheels.
(sport) A player in a central position.
(figurative) A central or key person; someone around whom a particular project etc. rotates.
Source: Wiktionary
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AROMATIC
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