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.
TOWBOAT
tugboat, tug, towboat, tower
(noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
towboat (plural towboats)
(nautical) a tugboat
(nautical) a squat powerful boat designed to push barges
A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat.
A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Source: Wiktionary
Tow"boat`, n.
1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
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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