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.
PLOYING
Verb
ploying
present participle of ploy
Anagrams
• polying
Source: Wiktionary
PLOY
Ploy, n.
Definition: Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Ploy, v. i. Etym: [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
Definition: To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLICITOUSLY
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