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.
UNROOF
Etymology
Verb
unroof (third-person singular simple present unroofs, present participle unroofing, simple past and past participle unroofed)
To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*roof", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + roof.]
Definition: To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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