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.
RUGGER
rugby, rugby football, rugger
(noun) a form of football played with an oval ball
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rugger (countable and uncountable, plural ruggers)
(uncountable) rugby [from 1886]
(US) rugby player
Synonyms
• (player of rugby): rugby footballer, rugby player
• (sport): rugby, rugby football
Hypernyms
• (sport): football
Hyponyms
• (sport):, rugby sevens, rugby league, rugby union
Anagrams
• Gruger, regurg
Source: Wiktionary
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