In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
GAMBADO
Etymology
Noun
gambado (plural gambados or gambadoes)
(usually plural) Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
(in the plural) gamashes; spatterdashes
A gambade (leaping movement).
Verb
gambado (third-person singular simple present gambados, present participle gambadoing, simple past and past participle gambadoed)
(intransitive) To perform a gambade (leaping movement).
Source: Wiktionary
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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