Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
THRAVES
Noun
thraves
plural of thrave
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
THRAVE
Thrave, n. Etym: [OE. , , Icel. ; akin to Dan. trave; cf. Icel. to grasp.]
1. Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng. "The worst of a thrave." [Obs.] Landsdowne MS. He sends forth thraves of ballads to the sale. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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