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.
POTCHER
Noun
potcher (plural potchers)
A machine in which rags, after being washed, are stirred and bleached as part of a process for making paper
The operator of such a machine; a potcherman
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Potch"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, potches. Potcher engine (Paper Making), a machine in which washed rags are stirred in a bleaching solution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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