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.
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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