SHELDAPLE

Sheld"a*fle, Sheld"a*ple, n. Etym: [Perhaps for sheld dapple. Cf. Sheldrake.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A chaffinch. [Written also sheldapple, and shellapple.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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17 May 2024

FUNERAL

(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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