Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SKELL
Etymology 1
Noun
skell (plural skells)
(slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
(slang, US, New York, police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
Synonyms
• See also vagabond
Etymology 2
Verb
skell (third-person singular simple present skells, present participle skelling, simple past and past participle skelled)
(slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over.
Anagrams
• Kells, kells
Source: Wiktionary
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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