In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TIDESMEN
Noun
tidesmen
plural of tidesman
Anagrams
• Edmisten, end items, end times, endtimes, enmisted, midteens, sediment
Source: Wiktionary
TIDESMAN
Tides"man, n.; pl. Tidesmen (.
Definition: A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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