Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DROUTH
drought, drouth
(noun) a shortage of rainfall; “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”
drought, drouth
(noun) a prolonged shortage; “when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
drouth (plural drouths)
Alternative form of drought
Source: Wiktionary
Drouth, n.
Definition: Same as Drought. Sandys. Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon. One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton. In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
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