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.
SCHNORKEL
snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breather
(noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
schnorkel (plural schnorkels)
Alternative form of snorkel
Verb
schnorkel (third-person singular simple present schnorkels, present participle schnorkeling or schnorkelling, simple past and past participle schnorkeled or schnorkelled)
To use a snorkel.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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