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.
REDBAIT
Etymology
Verb
redbait (third-person singular simple present redbaits, present participle redbaiting, simple past and past participle redbaited)
(US, transitive) To attack by denouncing as a Communist.
Noun
redbait (plural redbait)
A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus
Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.
Anagrams
• bitrade, tribade
Source: Wiktionary
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