Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SHOGUNS
Noun
shoguns
plural of shogun
Anagrams
• Hussong, snoughs
Source: Wiktionary
SHOGUN
Sho"gun, n. Etym: [Chin. tsiang kiĂśn commander in chief.]
Definition: A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. [Written variously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STRAFE
(verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; “civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country’s surrender”
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