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.
OUTROPER
Etymology
Noun
outroper (plural outropers)
(law) A person to whom the business of selling by auction was confined by statute.
(historical) An officer in London who seized the goods of foreigners sold elsewhere than in the public market.
Anagrams
• uprooter
Source: Wiktionary
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24 November 2024
CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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