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.
BOURSE
Bourse
(noun) the stock exchange in Paris
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bourse (plural bourses)
A stock exchange.
(metaphorically) Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
(philately) A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
Anagrams
• Brouse, besour, bouser
Source: Wiktionary
Bourse, n. Etym: [F. bourse purse, exchange, LL. bursa, fr. Gr.Purse, Burse.]
Definition: An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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