hotch (third-person singular simple present hotches, present participle hotching, simple past and past participle hotched)
(now, chiefly, Scotland) To move irregularly up and down.
(now, chiefly, Scotland) To swarm (with).
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7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
