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.
PETTIFOGGINGS
Noun
pettifoggings
plural of pettifogging
Source: Wiktionary
PETTIFOGGING
Pet"ti*fog`ging, a.
Definition: Paltry; quibbling; mean.
Pet"ti*fog`ging, n.
Definition: Pettifoggery.
PETTIFOG
Pet"ti*fog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pettifogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pettifogging.] Etym: [Petty + fog to pettifog.]
Definition: To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way. "He takes no money, but pettifogs gratis." S. Butler.
Pet"ti*fog, v. t.
Definition: To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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