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.
UNTRUSSING
Verb
untrussing
present participle of untruss
Source: Wiktionary
UNTRUSS
Un*truss", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + truss.]
Definition: To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden.
Un*truss", Un*truss"er, n.
Definition: One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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