Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TUBFISH
Noun
tubfish (plural tubfish)
(UK, dialect) The sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna).
Source: Wiktionary
Tub"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under Gurnard. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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