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.
GUNROOMS
Noun
gunrooms
plural of gunroom
Source: Wiktionary
GUNROOM
Gun"room` (, n. (Naut.)
Definition: An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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