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.
RICER
ricer
(noun) a kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ricer (plural ricers)
(US) A person, especially a Native American, who cultivates and harvests rice.
(cooking) A utensil used to extrude soft foods (such as, and especially, cooked potato) through holes about the diameter of a grain of rice.
Synonym: potato ricer
Coordinate terms: potato masher, garlic press
(US, slang, derogatory) An imported automobile from an Oriental country, deemed inferior because it is low-powered and/or cheap.
Synonym: rice burner
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who drives such an automobile.
(US, slang, derogatory) A person who modifies such an automobile using after-market parts to give it the appearance of being more powerful or sporty.
Anagrams
• Crier, IRCer, crier
Source: Wiktionary
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