Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
HUMBUGGED
HUMBUG
humbug
(verb) trick or deceive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
humbugged
simple past tense and past participle of humbug
Source: Wiktionary
HUMBUG
Hum"bug`, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.]
1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. Sir J. Stephen.
Hum"bug`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging.]
Definition: To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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