In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
STOKERS
Proper noun
Stokers
plural of Stoker
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• Kosters, strokes
Noun
stokers
plural of stoker
Anagrams
• Kosters, strokes
Source: Wiktionary
STOKER
Stok"er, n. Etym: [D. See Stoke, v. t.]
1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
2. A fire poker. [R.] C. Richardson (Dict.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
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