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.
SWATTER
swatter, flyswatter, flyswat
(noun) an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
swatter
(verb) splash and flutter about in or as if in water; “She swattered about in the pool”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
swatter (plural swatters)
Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
Someone who swats.
Etymology 2
Verb
swatter (third-person singular simple present swatters, present participle swattering, simple past and past participle swattered)
(intransitive, UK, dialect) To spill water about.
Anagrams
• Stewart, Watters, tewarts
Source: Wiktionary
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