Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SLAVEY
skivvy, slavey
(noun) a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Slavey
An Athabascan First Nations people indigenous to the region near the Great Slave Lake in western Canada
Synonyms: Awokanak, Deh Cho, Deh Gah Got'ine
A language spoken by the Slavey peoples.
Usage notes
Many of the Slavey people consider this term derogatory, as it originated from their enemies, and derived from slave. There is no specific term for this grouping in Dene (Athabaskan), the individual Slavey groups each have their own terms for each group of people and their neighbours. The language is also divided into North Slavey and South Slavey and not identified as a unit in Dene.
Anagrams
• Alveys, Laveys, Leavys, Leyvas
Etymology
Noun
slavey (plural slaveys or slavies)
(colloquial, historical) A male servant.
(colloquial, historical) A maid, maidservant.
Anagrams
• Alveys, Laveys, Leavys, Leyvas
Source: Wiktionary
Slav"ey, n.
Definition: A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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