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.
BACKBAND
backband
(noun) a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backband (plural backbands)
A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"band`, n. Etym: [2nd back ,n.+ band.] (Saddlery)
Definition: The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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