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.
ATTERCOP
Etymology
Noun
attercop (plural attercops)
(obsolete, except in dialects) A spider.
(obsolete, except in dialects) A peevish or ill-natured person.
Anagrams
• capretto, catopter
Source: Wiktionary
At"ter*cop, n. Etym: [AS. attercoppa a spider; ætter poison + coppa head, cup.]
1. A spider. [Obs.]
2. A peevish, ill-natured person. [North of Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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