Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
baggage, luggage
(noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling
baggage
(noun) the portable equipment and supplies of an army
baggage
(noun) a worthless or immoral woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
baggage (usually uncountable, plural baggages)
(usually, uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment
(uncountable, informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
(obsolete, countable, pejorative) A woman.
(military, countable and uncountable) An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.
• (luggage): luggage, gear, stuff, bags
Source: Wiktionary
Bag"gage, n. Etym: [F. bagage, from OF. bague bungle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.]
1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.
Note: "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." Farrow.
2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.
Note: The English usually call this luggage.
3. Purulent matter. [Obs.] Barrough.
4. Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.
5. A man of bad character. [Obs.] Holland.
6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.
7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.