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.
UPLANDER
Etymology
Noun
uplander (plural uplanders)
A person from the uplands.
Anagrams
• pendular, pure land, underlap
Source: Wiktionary
Up"land*er, n.
1. One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The upland sandpiper. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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