Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
WHITEBOY
White"boy`, n.
1. A favorite. [Obs.] See White, a., 6. "One of God's whiteboys." Bunyan.
2. One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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