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.
SHACKED
Verb
shacked
simple past tense and past participle of shack
Source: Wiktionary
SHACK
Shack, v. t. Etym: [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]
Shack, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. Cowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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