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.
TOPMAN
Etymology
Noun
topman (plural topmen)
(nautical) The man stationed in the top on a sailing vessel, responsible for the setting of the sails
The uppermost sawyer in a sawpit; a topsman.
Anagrams
• pot man, potman, tampon
Source: Wiktionary
Top"man, n.; pl. Topmem (.
1. See Topsman, 2.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A man stationed in the top.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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