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.
SNATCHERS
Noun
snatchers
plural of snatcher; ones who snatch
Anagrams
• chantress, stanchers
Source: Wiktionary
SNATCHER
Snatch"er, n.
Definition: One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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