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.
SAGA
saga
(noun) a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
saga (plural sagas)
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
Anagrams
• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Saga
A prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan t1=Saga Prefecture
A city in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Saga
(rare) A unisex given name.
Anagrams
• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag
Source: Wiktionary
Sa"ga, n.; pl. Sagas. Etym: [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]
Definition: A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time. And then the blue-eyed Norseman told A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.
SAGUM
Sa"gum, n.; pl. Saga. Etym: [L. sagum, sagus; cf. Gr. Say a kind of serge.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DETENTION
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
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