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.
PLASTERER
plasterer
(noun) a worker skilled in applying plaster
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plasterer (plural plasterers)
A person whose occupation is to plaster walls.
One who makes plaster casts.
Anagrams
• palterers, replaster
Source: Wiktionary
Plas"ter*er, n.
1. One who applies plaster or mortar. "Thy father was a plasterer." Shak.
2. One who makes plaster casts. "The plasterer doth make his figures by addition." Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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