Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
peasants
plural of peasant
• Pestanas, anapests
Source: Wiktionary
Peas"ant, n. Etym: [OF. païsant (the i being perh. due to confusion with the p.pr. of verbs), païsan, F. paysan, fr. OF. & F. pays country, fr. L. pagus the country. See Pagan.]
Definition: A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Syn.
– Countryman; rustic; swain; hind.
Peas"ant, a.
Definition: Rustic, rural. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.