Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TARBOOSH
fez, tarboosh
(noun) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tarboosh (plural tarbooshes)
A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
Source: Wiktionary
Tar*boosh", n. Etym: [Ar. tarb; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]
Definition: A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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