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.
LIPPEN
Etymology
Verb
lippen (third-person singular simple present lippens, present participle lippening, simple past and past participle lippened)
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To entrust; trust to (someone/something).
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To trust; to expect; to depend or rely (on).
Usage notes
• Sense 2 usually with to or on.
Anagrams
• nipple
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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