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.
SEMPSTRESS
dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress
(noun) someone who makes or mends dresses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sempstress (plural sempstresses)
A seamstress, a woman employed to sew.
Source: Wiktionary
Semp"stress, n.
Definition: A seamstress. Two hundred sepstress were employed to make me shirts. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHEMICAL
(adjective) of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; “chemical fertilizer”
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