Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DICKERING
Verb
dickering
present participle of dicker
Noun
dickering (countable and uncountable, plural dickerings)
bargaining
bartering
Source: Wiktionary
DICKER
Dick"er, n. Etym: [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.
2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.
Dick"er, v. i. & t.
Definition: To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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