Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PIGNORATIONS
Noun
pignorations
plural of pignoration
Source: Wiktionary
PIGNORATION
Pig`no*ra"tion, n. Etym: [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio, fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration.]
1. The act of pledging or pawning.
2. (Civil Law)
Definition: The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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