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.
POUNDERS
Noun
pounders
plural of pounder
Source: Wiktionary
POUNDER
Pound"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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