Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
WINDFALL
boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
(noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
windfall
(noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
windfall (plural windfalls)
Something that has been blown down by the wind.
A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Wind"fall`, n.
1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden." Bacon.
2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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