An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
GABERDINE
duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat
(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
gaberdine (countable and uncountable, plural gaberdines)
A long cloak. [from c. 1520]
A textile: gabardine.
Source: Wiktionary
Gab`ar*dine", Gab`er*dine" (, n. Etym: [Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin.]
Definition: A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak.
Gab`er*dine", n.
Definition: See Gabardine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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