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.
MAILSHOT
Etymology
Noun
mailshot (plural mailshots)
Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
Verb
mailshot (third-person singular simple present mailshots, present participle mailshotting, simple past and past participle mailshotted)
(transitive) To send bulk advertising to (somebody) in the post.
Anagrams
• Mailhots
Source: Wiktionary
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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