The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
DODMAN
Etymology
Noun
dodman (plural dodmans or dodmen) (East Anglia, dialectal)
A land-based snail.
A snail's shell.
Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
(rare, possibly, erroneous) A surveyor.
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• odd man
Source: Wiktionary
Dod"man, n.
1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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