Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LIMEWASH
Etymology
Noun
limewash (countable and uncountable, plural limewashes)
A mixture of slaked lime in water.
Verb
limewash (third-person singular simple present limewashes, present participle limewashing, simple past and past participle limewashed)
(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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