According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
SURQUEDRY
Etymology
Noun
surquedry (plural surquedries)
(obsolete) Overweening pride; arrogance.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"que*dry, Sur"qui*dry, n. Etym: [OF. surcuidier to presume; sur over + cuidier to think, L. cogitare. See Sur-, and Cogitate.]
Definition: Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence. [Obs.] Chaucer. Then pay you the price of your surquedry. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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