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.
BACKSHISH
Noun
backshish (plural backshishes)
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
Verb
backshish (third-person singular simple present backshishes, present participle backshishing, simple past and past participle backshished)
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
Source: Wiktionary
Back"sheesh`, Back"shish`, n. Etym: [Pers. bakhshish, fr. bakhshidan to give.]
Definition: In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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