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.
TACKEY
Noun
tackey (plural tackeys)
(US, southern US) A scrubby, neglected horse.
(US, southern US) A person in a similar condition.
Source: Wiktionary
Tack"ey, a. & n.
Definition: See Tacky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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