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.
SMEDDUM
Etymology
Noun
smeddum (uncountable)
Fine powder; flour.
The powder or finest part of ground malt.
(mining) Smitham.
(Scotland) Zest, energy; pluck; sagacity; quickness of apprehension; gumption; spirit; mettle.
(UK dialectal, Northern England) Ore small enough to pass through the wire bottom of a sieve.
(UK dialectal, Northern England) A layer of clay or shale between two beds of coal.
Source: Wiktionary
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