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.
FIFTIES
fifties, mid-fifties
(noun) the time of life between 50 and 60
fifties
(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
fifties
plural of fifty
fifties pl (plural only)
The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.
The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
(temperature, rates, pluralonly) The range between 50 and 59.
Adjective
fifties (not comparable)
From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).
Anagrams
• Tiffies, iffiest, stiffie
Source: Wiktionary
FIFTY
Fif"ty, a. Etym: [AS. fiftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzug, G. fünfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.]
Definition: Five times ten; as, fifty men.
Fif"ty, n.; pl. Fifties (.
1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.
2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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