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.
RATAPLANS
Noun
rataplans
plural of rataplan
Verb
rataplans
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rataplan
Source: Wiktionary
RATAPLAN
Ra`ta`plan", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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