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.
SHOPLIFTERS
Noun
shoplifters
plural of shoplifter
Source: Wiktionary
SHOPLIFTER
Shop"lift`er, n. Etym: [Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.]
Definition: One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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