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.
SHYLOCK
Shylock
(noun) a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock
(noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shylock (plural shylocks)
(US) A loan shark; a usurer.
(offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
Synonyms: Yid (not always pejorative), heeb, hymie, kike, sheeny
Verb
shylock (third-person singular simple present shylocks, present participle shylocking, simple past and past participle shylocked)
(intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
Anagrams
• shlocky
Etymology
Proper noun
Shylock
A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Anagrams
• shlocky
Source: Wiktionary
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