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.
OCCUPANTS
Noun
occupants
plural of occupant
Source: Wiktionary
OCCUPANT
Oc"cu*pant, n. Etym: [L. occupans, p.pr. of occupare: cf. F. occupant. See Occupy.]
1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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