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.
EXPULSE
Etymology
Verb
expulse (third-person singular simple present expulses, present participle expulsing, simple past and past participle expulsed)
To expel.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pulse", v. t. Etym: [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.]
Definition: To drive out; to expel. [Obs.] If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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