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.
DOOLIES
Noun
doolies
plural of doolie
plural of dooly
Source: Wiktionary
DOOLY
Doo"ly, n.; pl. Doolies. Etym: [Skr. d.]
Definition: A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.] [East Indies] Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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