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.
QUIDS
Noun
quids
plural of quid
Anagrams
• Qudsi, SQUID, squid
Source: Wiktionary
QUID
Quid, n. Etym: [See Cud.]
Definition: A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
Quid, v. t. (Man.)
Definition: To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. Youatt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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