Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
tikes
plural of tike
• Kites, kites, skite, steik, stike
Source: Wiktionary
Tike, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A tick. See 2d Tick. [Obs.]
Tike, n. Etym: [Icel. tik a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.]
1. A dog; a cur. "Bobtail tike or trundle-tail." Shak.
2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.