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.
PLUNGERS
Noun
plungers
plural of plunger
Source: Wiktionary
PLUNGER
Plun"ger, n.
1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless speculator. [Cant]
4. (Pottery)
Definition: A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence. Knight.
5. (Gun.)
Definition: The firing pin of a breechloader. Plunger bucket, a piston, without a valve, in a pump.
– Plunger pole, the pump rod of a pumping engine.
– Plunger pump, a pump, as for water, having a plunger, instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be single-acting or double- acting
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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