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.
STREETWALKER
streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
(noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
streetwalker (plural streetwalkers)
(now rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
Synonym: Thesaurus:prostitute
Source: Wiktionary
Street"walk`er, n.
Definition: A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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