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.
TOLBOOTH
tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhouse
(noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
tolbooth (plural tolbooths)
Archaic form of toll booth.
Source: Wiktionary
Tol"booth`, n.
Definition: See Tollbooth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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