In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CLOOPS
CLOOP
Cloop, n. Etym: [An onomatopoeia.]
Definition: The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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