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.
STUNSAIL
Noun
stunsail (plural stunsails)
(nautical) studding sail
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• sultanis, unalists
Source: Wiktionary
Stun"sail, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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