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.
WASSAILER
toaster, wassailer
(noun) someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
wassailer, carouser
(noun) someone who enjoys riotous drinking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wassailer (plural wassailers)
One who wassails.
Source: Wiktionary
Was"sail*er, n.
Definition: One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler. The rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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