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.
MONGEESE
Etymology
Noun
mongeese
(nonstandard) plural of mongoose. The standard plural is mongooses.
Source: Wiktionary
MONGOOSE
Mon"goose, Mon"goos, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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