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.
TIPTOPS
Noun
tiptops
plural of tiptop
Anagrams
• pit stop, pitstop, stoppit
Source: Wiktionary
TIPTOP
Tip"top`, n. Etym: [Tip end + top.]
Definition: The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]
Tip"top`, a.
Definition: Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] "Four tiptop voices." Gray. "Sung in a tiptop manner." Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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