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.
decker
(noun) (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels; “they rode in a double-decker bus”
Dekker, Decker, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Decker
(noun) English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Decker
A surname of German origin.
A male given name from surnames.
• Dereck, recked, redeck
decker (plural deckers)
One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer.
(used in conjunction with a number) Something having numerous levels.
• Dereck, recked, redeck
Source: Wiktionary
Deck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
2. A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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.