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.
SPREES
Noun
sprees
plural of spree
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• Espers, Perses, Persse, espers, perses, speers, speres, sperse
Source: Wiktionary
SPREE
Spree, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. spre a spark, animation, spirit, Gael. spraic. Cf. Sprack.]
Definition: A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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