Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
FLOGGER
flogger, scourger
(noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flogger (plural floggers)
One who flogs.
(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.
Source: Wiktionary
Flog"ger, n.
1. One who flogs.
2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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