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.
PATCHWORKED
Verb
patchworked
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
Source: Wiktionary
PATCHWORK
Patch"work`, n.
Definition: Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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