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.
MIXENS
Noun
mixens
plural of mixen
Anagrams
• minxes
Source: Wiktionary
MIXEN
Mix"en, n. Etym: [AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See Mist.]
Definition: A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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