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.
LANSQUENETS
Noun
lansquenets
plural of lansquenet
Source: Wiktionary
LANSQUENET
Lans"que*net, n. Etym: [F., fr. G. landsknecht a foot soldier, also a game of cards introduced by these foot soldiers; land country + knecht boy, servant. See Land, and Knight.]
1. A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
2. A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet. [They play] their little game of lansquenet. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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