There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
TAWSE
tawse
(noun) a leather strap for punishing children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tawse (plural tawses)
(chiefly, Scotland) A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
Verb
tawse (third-person singular simple present tawses, present participle tawsing, simple past and past participle tawsed)
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To beat with a tawse.
Anagrams
• Sweat, Weast, swate, sweat, waste, wetas
Source: Wiktionary
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15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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