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.
SHORTBREAD
shortbread, shortbread cookie
(noun) very rich thick butter cookie
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shortbread (countable and uncountable, plural shortbreads)
A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.
Anagrams
• Thor's beard, abhorredst
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