You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
CORVEES
Noun
corvees
plural of corvee
Source: Wiktionary
CORVEE
Cor`vee" (kr`v" or -v"), n. Etym: [F. corvée, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat togetther; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law)
Definition: An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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