An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ALLEYS
Noun
alleys
plural of alley
Anagrams
• Lasley, Salley, salley
Proper noun
Alleys
plural of Alley
Anagrams
• Lasley, Salley, salley
Source: Wiktionary
ALLEY
Al"ley, n.; pl. Alleys. Etym: [OE. aley, alley, OF. alée, F. allée, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar.]
1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.
2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay.
3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
4. (Persp.)
Definition: Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
Al"ley, n.; pl. Alleys. Etym: [A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made.]
Definition: A choice taw or marble. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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