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.
DUNKERS
Noun
dunkers
plural of dunker
Verb
dunkers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dunker
Noun
Dunkers
plural of Dunker
Source: Wiktionary
DUNKER
Dun"ker, n. Etym: [G. tunken to dip.]
Definition: One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists.
Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. Seventh-day Dunkers, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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