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.
POLLER
Etymology
Noun
poller (plural pollers)
one who polls or lops trees
one who cuts hair; a barber
one who votes
one who registers voters or conducts a poll
(computing) a task or process that periodically checks for a condition being satisfied, such as the availability of new data
Anagrams
• repoll
Source: Wiktionary
Poll"er, n. Etym: [From Poll]
Definition: One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Bacon. (d) One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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