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.
STAGECOACH
stagecoach, stage
(noun) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; “we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
stagecoach (plural stagecoaches)
Alternative spelling of stage-coach
Verb
stagecoach (third-person singular simple present stagecoaches, present participle stagecoaching, simple past and past participle stagecoached)
Alternative spelling of stage-coach
Proper noun
Stagecoach
A census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Stage"coach`, n.
Definition: A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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