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.
SPALPEEN
Etymology
Noun
spalpeen (plural spalpeens)
(Irish) A poor migratory farm worker in Ireland, often viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person.
(Irish, sometimes, affectionate) A good-for-nothing person.
Source: Wiktionary
Spal"peen, n. Etym: [Ir. spailpin, fr. spailp a beau, pride, self- conceit.]
Definition: A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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