An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
CRONES
Noun
crones
plural of crone
Anagrams
• Cerons, Cosner, Oncers, censor, crosne, necros, oncers, recons, scorne, sercon
Noun
Crones
plural of Crone
Anagrams
• Cerons, Cosner, Oncers, censor, crosne, necros, oncers, recons, scorne, sercon
Source: Wiktionary
CRONE
Crone (krn), n. Etym: [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.]
1. An old ewe. [Obs.] Tusser.
2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden.
3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.] The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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