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.
SHRINKER
Etymology
Noun
shrinker (plural shrinkers)
Something that makes something else shrink.
(slang) A psychiatrist; a head-shrinker.
(medicine) A sock-like article used to compress a stump remaining after amputation.
One who shrinks or recoils.
Something that itself shrinks.
Anagrams
• reshrink
Source: Wiktionary
Shrink"er, n.
Definition: One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STUDY
(verb) learn by reading books; “He is studying geology in his room”; “I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now”
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