The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
SPINNEYS
Noun
spinneys
plural of spinney
Proper noun
Spinneys
plural of Spinney
Source: Wiktionary
SPINNEY
Spin"ney, n.; pl. Spinneys (.
Definition: Same as Spinny. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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