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.
POILU
purloo, chicken purloo, poilu
(noun) thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.
poilu
(noun) a French soldier (especially in World War I)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
poilu (plural poilus)
(historical) A French infantryman during the First World War
Anagrams
• oil up
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SUNGLASSES
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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