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.
TCHICKING
Verb
tchicking
present participle of tchick
Source: Wiktionary
TCHICK
Tchick, n. [Imitative.]
Definition: A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. -- v. i.
Definition: To make a tchick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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