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.
TOPLINE
Etymology
Noun
topline (plural toplines)
The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin.
Principal billing.
Verb
topline (third-person singular simple present toplines, present participle toplining, simple past and past participle toplined)
(transitive) To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production.
(transitive) To be billed as the primary entertainer in (a production).
• Variety
Anagrams
• pointel, pontile, potline
Source: Wiktionary
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AIR
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
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