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.
CROUPADE
Etymology
Noun
croupade (plural croupades)
A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.
Source: Wiktionary
Crou*pade" (kr-pd"), n. Etym: [F., fr. croupe hind quarters.] (Man.)
Definition: A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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