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.
WALLET
wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook
(noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wallet (plural wallets)
A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
(by extension, informal) A person's bank account or assets.
A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
(archaic) A bag or pouch.
(slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
Synonyms
• billfold
• pocketbook
Anagrams
• Atwell, Etwall, all wet
Source: Wiktionary
Wal"let, n. Etym: [OE. walet, probably the same word as OE. watel a bag. See Wattle.]
1. A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar's receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack. [His hood] was trussed up in his walet. Chaucer.
2. A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
3. Anything protuberant and swagging. "Wallets of flesh." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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