Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TAUPIE
Etymology
Noun
taupie (plural taupies)
(Scotland and Northern England) A foolish or thoughtless young person, especially a lazy or slovenly woman.
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• Paiute
Source: Wiktionary
Tau"pie, Taw"pie, n. [Cf. Icel. topi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. tĂĄp.]
Definition: A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. [Scot.] Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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