Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BOBBERY
Etymology
Noun
bobbery (plural bobberies)
(dated) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance.
Source: Wiktionary
Bob"ber*y, n. Etym: [Prob. an Anglo-Indian form of Hindi bap re O thou father! (a very disrespectful address).]
Definition: A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery. [Low] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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