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.
DISHFUL
dish, dishful
(noun) the quantity that a dish will hold; “they served me a dish of rice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dishful (plural dishfuls)
as much as a dish will hold
Source: Wiktionary
Dish"ful, n.; pl. Dishfuls (.
Definition: As much as a dish holds when full.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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