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.
VAMPER
coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser
(noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
vamper (plural vampers)
One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
Etymology 2
Verb
vamper (third-person singular simple present vampers, present participle vampering, simple past and past participle vampered)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
Anagrams
• revamp
Source: Wiktionary
Vamp"er, n.
Definition: One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.
Vamp"er, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Vaunt.]
Definition: To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. [Prov. eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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