Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TOADIED
TOADY
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; “He is always kowtowing to his boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
toadied
simple past tense and past participle of toady
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Source: Wiktionary
TOADY
Toad"y, n.; pl. Toadies. Etym: [Shortened from toadeater.]
1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Toad"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]
Definition: To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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