In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ACKER
Proper noun
Acker
An English topographical surname from Old English æcer (“field”).
A German topographical surname from Old High German ackar (“field”).
nickname from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate", e.g. Acker Bilk
Anagrams
• Crake, crake, creak
Etymology 1
Noun
acker (plural ackers)
(regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
acker (plural ackers)
Obsolete form of acre.
Anagrams
• Crake, crake, creak
Source: Wiktionary
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