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.
SHLEP
schlep, shlep
(noun) a tedious or difficult journey
schlepper, shlepper, schlep, shlep
(noun) (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
shlep, schlep, pull along
(verb) pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; “Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?”; “She pulled along a large trunk”
traipse, shlep
(verb) walk or tramp about
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shlep (plural shleps)
Alternative form of schlep
Verb
shlep (third-person singular simple present shleps, present participle shlepping, simple past and past participle shlepped)
Alternative form of schlep
Anagrams
• Selph, helps, plesh
Source: Wiktionary
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15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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