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.
SIZER
Etymology
Noun
sizer (plural sizers)
An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.
An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
Alternative form of sizar
Anagrams
• Reisz
Proper noun
Sizer (plural Sizers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sizer is the 18703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1469 individuals. Sizer is most common among White (73.66%) and Black/African American (20.69%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Reisz
Source: Wiktionary
Siz"er, n.
1. See Sizar.
2. (Mech.) (a) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. (b) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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