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.
TOGGERY
Etymology
Noun
toggery (countable and uncountable, plural toggeries)
Clothing, togs.
A clothing shop.
Source: Wiktionary
Tog"ger*y, n. Etym: [Cf. Togated.]
Definition: Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. [Colloq.] togs
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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