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.
TIMBERMAN
timberman
(noun) an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
timberman (plural timbermen)
A lumberman
A timber dealer
A person who installs timbers in a mine
A longhorn beetle, of genus Acanthocinus, of European pine forests.
Source: Wiktionary
Tim"ber*man, n.; pl. Timbermen (. (Mining)
Definition: A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INCURRING
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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