fourteener (plural fourteeners)
(US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.
(poetry) A (usually iambic) line of fourteen syllables.
Source: Wiktionary
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
