Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SHAMOY
Etymology
Noun
shamoy (countable and uncountable, plural shamoys)
Obsolete spelling of chamois leather.
Verb
shamoy (third-person singular simple present shamoys, present participle shamoying, simple past and past participle shamoyed)
To prepare leather by working oil into the skin.
Source: Wiktionary
Sham"ois, Sham"oy, n.
Definition: See Shammy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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