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.
SWOOPSTAKE
Etymology
Noun
swoopstake (plural swoopstakes)
Alternative form of sweepstake
Adverb
swoopstake (not comparable)
Alternative form of sweepstake
All at once, without making distinctions.
Source: Wiktionary
Swoop"stake`, n.
Definition: See Sweepstake. [Obs.]
Swoop"stake`, adv.
Definition: Altogether; indiscriminately. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DATELESS
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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