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.
CLAPPERS
bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
(noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Clappers
plural of Clapper
Anagrams
• crapples, scrapple
Noun
clappers
plural of clapper
Verb
clappers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clapper
Anagrams
• crapples, scrapple
Source: Wiktionary
CLAPPER
Clap"per, n.
1. A person who claps.
2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).
Clap"per, n. Etym: [F. clapier.]
Definition: A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]
CLAPPER
Clap"per, n.
1. A person who claps.
2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).
Clap"per, n. Etym: [F. clapier.]
Definition: A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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