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.
PLINKING
Verb
plinking
present participle of plink
Noun
plinking (countable and uncountable, plural plinkings)
A noise that plinks.
(firearms) informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles and wood blocks.
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