charquis
plural of charqui
Source: Wiktionary
Char"qui, n. Etym: [Sp. A term used in South America, Central America, and the Western United States.]
Definition: Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 November 2024
(noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; “she got a reputation as a frump”; “she’s a real dog”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
