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.
THWACKING
Verb
thwacking
present participle of thwack
Noun
thwacking (plural thwackings)
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
Source: Wiktionary
THWACK
Thwack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwacking.] Etym: [Cf. OE. thakken to stroke, AS. , E. whack.]
1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving.
2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.
Thwack, n.
Definition: A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old iron rang. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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