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.
GARCON
Noun
garcon (plural garcons)
Alternative spelling of garçon
Anagrams
• Corgan, cargon
Source: Wiktionary
Gar`çon", n. [F.]
Definition: A boy; fellow; esp., a serving boy or man; a waiter; -- in Eng. chiefly applied to French waiters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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