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.
SQUEALED
Verb
squealed
simple past tense and past participle of squeal
Source: Wiktionary
SQUEAL
Squeal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squealing.] Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sqväla, Norw. skvella. Cf. Squeak, Squall.]
1. To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
2. To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]
Squeal, n.
Definition: A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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