The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
PINGPONG
Ping"-pong`, n. [Imitative.]
1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net.
2. A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.
Ping"-pong`, v. i.
Definition: To play ping-pong.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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