Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DRAGOMEN
Etymology
Noun
dragomen
(hypercorrect) plural of dragoman
Usage notes
• Etymologically, dragoman does not derive from the English word man, and so the regular plural dragomans is preferred.
Source: Wiktionary
DRAGOMAN
Drag"o*man, n.; pl. Dragomans. Etym: [From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. tarjuman, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. Drogman, Truchman.]
Definition: An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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