Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HELPMEET
helpmate, helpmeet
(noun) a helpful partner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
helpmeet (plural helpmeets)
A helpful partner, particularly a spouse.
Synonyms
• (helpful partner): helpmate
Source: Wiktionary
Help"meet`, n. Etym: [See Helpmate.]
Definition: A wife; a helpmate. The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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