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.
WIGAN
Proper noun
Wigan
A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England.
Anagrams
• Awngi, awing
Etymology
Noun
wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)
A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
Anagrams
• Awngi, awing
Source: Wiktionary
Wig"an, n.
Definition: A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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