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.
SIDELOCK
Etymology
Noun
sidelock (plural sidelocks)
A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
Hyponyms: payess, payot
(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.
Anagrams
• lockside
Source: Wiktionary
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