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.
SPADER
Etymology
Noun
spader (plural spaders)
One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Anagrams
• Padres, Persad, drapes, dreaps, padres, parsed, rasped, repads, spared, spread
Source: Wiktionary
Spad"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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