Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ZOUNDS
Etymology
Interjection
zounds
(mostly dated) Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.
Synonyms
• 'swounds
• 'dswounds
• zooterkins
Source: Wiktionary
Zounds, interj. Etym: [Contracted from God's wounds.]
Definition: An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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