Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PLUFF
Noun
pluff (plural pluffs)
(Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust.
(Scotland) A hairdresser's powder puff.
(Scotland) The act of using a powder puff.
Verb
pluff (third-person singular simple present pluffs, present participle pluffing, simple past and past participle pluffed)
To dust or to puff with smoke.
(Scotland) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc, in puffs.
Source: Wiktionary
Pluff, v. t. Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin.]
Definition: To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]
Pluff, n.
1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]
2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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