According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
TEMPORIZER
temporizer, temporiser
(noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
temporizer (plural temporizers)
A person who temporizes
I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"po*ri`zer, n.
Definition: One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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