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.
ROADWORK
Etymology
Noun
roadwork (countable and uncountable, plural roadworks)
The construction or maintenance done to roads.
Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
Source: Wiktionary
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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