Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LAUGHINGSTOCK
butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
laughingstock (plural laughingstocks)
Alternative spelling of laughing stock
Source: Wiktionary
Laugh"ing*stock`, n.
Definition: An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak. When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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