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.
TOSHER
Etymology
Adjective
Tosher (comparative more Tosher, superlative most Tosher)
Pertaining to the Tosh Hassidic community
Noun
Tosher (plural Toshers)
A member of the Tosh Hassidic community
Anagrams
• Rothes, Stoehr, hetros, hoster, others, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes
Etymology 1
Noun
tosher (plural toshers)
(historical, cant) A thief who steals the copper siding from the bottoms of vessels, particularly in or along the Thames.
(chiefly historical) A scavenger of valuables lost in the sewers, particularly those of London during the Victorian Age.
Etymology 2
See tosh.
Adjective
tosher
comparative form of tosh
Anagrams
• Rothes, Stoehr, hetros, hoster, others, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes
Source: Wiktionary
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