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.
TUPPENNY
Adjective
tuppenny (not comparable)
(British, Australia, becoming old-fashioned) Literally, worth tuppence (two pence); of little value or status.
• Pop Goes the Weasel, a well-known English nursery rhyme
Noun
tuppenny (plural tuppennies)
(British, dated) A coin or stamp worth two pence.
(British, dated, juvenile) In the children's game of leapfrog, the head (perhaps named from a tuppenny loaf).
• W. S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers
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