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.
TRUCKMAN
Etymology
Noun
truckman (plural truckmen)
One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
Source: Wiktionary
Truck"man, n.; pl. Truckmen.
1. Etym: [From Truck barter.]
Definition: One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
2. Etym: [From Truck a carriage.]
Definition: One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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