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.
PILOTMAN
Etymology
Noun
pilotman (plural pilotmen)
(rail, UK) A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work.
Source: Wiktionary
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TYPIFY
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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