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.
SPRUIK
Etymology
Verb
spruik (third-person singular simple present spruiks, present participle spruiking, simple past and past participle spruiked)
(transitive, Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person.
Synonyms
• (promote something to someone): pimp, pitch, tout, hawk
Anagrams
• prusik
Source: Wiktionary
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