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.
BIDENTS
Noun
bidents
plural of bident
Anagrams
• bindest, disbent, indebts
Source: Wiktionary
BIDENT
Bi"dent, n. Etym: [L. bidens, -entis, having two prongs; bis twice + dens a tooth.]
Definition: An instrument or weapon with two prongs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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