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.
BIRLER
Etymology
Noun
birler (plural birlers)
(UK, obsolete) The master of the revels at a Cumberland feast, whose duty it is to see that the guests have plenty to drink.
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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