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.
TWIDDLING
Verb
twiddling
present participle of twiddle
Noun
twiddling (plural twiddlings)
The act of one who twiddles.
Source: Wiktionary
TWIDDLE
Twid"dle, v. t. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Tweedle.]
Definition: To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle.] Thackeray.
Twid"dle, v. i.
Definition: To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. Halliwell.
Twid"dle, n.
1. A slight twist with the fingers.
2. A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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