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.
BEZIQUE
pinochle, pinocle, penuchle, bezique
(noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bezique (countable and uncountable, plural beziques)
A trick-taking card game for two players.
The act of taking certain cards in this game: the queen of spades and jack of diamonds, or (if either of those suits is trumps) the queen of clubs and jack of hearts.
Source: Wiktionary
Bé*zique", n. Etym: [F. bésigue.]
Definition: A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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