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.
RINGLETS
Noun
ringlets
plural of ringlet
Anagrams
• Giltners, Sterling, Tinglers, glistren, sterling, tinglers, tringles
Source: Wiktionary
RINGLET
Ring"let, n. Etym: [Ring + -let.]
1. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring. You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites. Shak.
2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair. [Her golden tresses] in wanton ringlets waved. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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