An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CARPETBAG
carpetbag, carpetbagging
(adjective) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality; “a carpetbag stranger”; “a capetbag politician”
carpetbag
(adjective) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers; “carpetbag adventurers”; “a carpetbag government”
carpetbag
(noun) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
carpetbag (plural carpetbags)
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and used primarily in the United States in the 19th century.
Verb
carpetbag (third-person singular simple present carpetbags, present participle carpetbagging, simple past and past participle carpetbagged)
(chiefly, US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
Adjective
carpetbag (not comparable)
(chiefly, US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"pet*bag`, n.
Definition: A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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