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.
TRUNDLER
Etymology
Noun
trundler (plural trundlers)
A person who trundles (something or someone).
(cricket) A bowler (player throwing the ball).
(cricket) A bowler who bowls slowly; a mediocre bowler.
A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
(New Zealand) Shopping cart.
(New Zealand) A foldable shopping bag with wheels
(Australia, New Zealand) Golf pushcart.
(obsolete) A device made of a wooden stick with a wheel at the bottom, a crossbar handle at the top, and a hook in the middle, used to move pails and cans while gardening.
(obsolete) A wooden-wheeled cart used for gardening.
(slang, obsolete) Pea (vegetable).
Source: Wiktionary
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