Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PERNANCY
Etymology
Noun
pernancy (usually uncountable, plural pernancies)
(legal) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
Source: Wiktionary
Per"nan*cy, n. Etym: [OF. prenance, fr. prendre, prenre, penre, to take, L. prendere, prehendere.] (Law)
Definition: A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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