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.
LANDLORD
landlord
(noun) a landowner who leases to others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
landlord (plural landlords)
A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.
(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.
(surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
• publisher's blurb for Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion
Synonyms
• (person who rents something): lessor
• (owner or manager of a public house): publican
Source: Wiktionary
Land"lord`, n. Etym: [See Land, and Lord.]
1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house. Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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