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.
TINFOIL
tinfoil, tin foil
(noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tinfoil (countable and uncountable, plural tinfoils)
A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin and lead, used as a protective wrapping.
(proscribed) aluminium foil
Verb
tinfoil (third-person singular simple present tinfoils, present participle tinfoiling, simple past and past participle tinfoiled)
(transitive) To cover in tinfoil.
Source: Wiktionary
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