Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
THROPPLE
Etymology
Noun
thropple (plural thropples)
(dialectal or obsolete) larynx, windpipe
Verb
thropple (third-person singular simple present thropples, present participle throppling, simple past and past participle throppled)
(obsolete) to throttle
Source: Wiktionary
Throp"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Thrapple, and see Throttle.]
Definition: The windpipe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Throp"ple, v. t.
Definition: To throttle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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