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.
SHOPMEN
Noun
shopmen
plural of shopman
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Source: Wiktionary
SHOPMAN
Shop"man, n.; pl. Shopmen (.
1. A shopkeeper; a retailer. Dryden.
2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman.
3. One who works in a shop or a factory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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