Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
COCKAL
Cock"al, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice [Obs.]
2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone. [Obs.] Nares. A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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