Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ASSIGNAT
Etymology
Noun
assignat (plural assignats)
(now, historical) A banknote used during the French Revolution, on the security of state land. [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
As`si`gnat", n. Etym: [F. assignat, fr. L. assignatus, p. p. of assignare.]
Definition: One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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