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.
SNOOKED
Verb
snooked
simple past tense and past participle of snook
Source: Wiktionary
SNOOK
Snook, v. i. Etym: [Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for.]
Definition: To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]
Snook, n. Etym: [D. snoek.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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