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.
TIMENOGUY
Etymology
Noun
timenoguy (plural timenoguys)
(nautical) A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
Source: Wiktionary
Ti*men"o*guy, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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