Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
pluff (plural pluffs)
(Scotland) A puff of smoke or dust.
(Scotland) A hairdresser's powder puff.
(Scotland) The act of using a powder puff.
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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.