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.
PADDY
paddy
(noun) rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
paddy, paddy field, rice paddy
(noun) an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
Paddy, Mick, Mickey
(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Paddy
An Irish nickname for Patrick.
Noun
Paddy (plural Paddies)
(slang, sometimes, offensive) An Irish person.
Etymology 1
Noun
paddy (plural paddies)
Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]
Etymology 2
Adjective
paddy (comparative more paddy, superlative most paddy)
(obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
Etymology 3
Noun
paddy (plural paddies)
A fit of temper; a tantrum
(African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
(colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Synonyms
• See tantrum
Source: Wiktionary
Pad"dy, a. Etym: [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]
Definition: Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.
Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies. Etym: [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.]
Definition: A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
Pad"dy, n. Etym: [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay padi.] (Bot.)
Definition: Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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