Pronounced as you expect
Notes: I very nearly left this word out of the list, because I know the meaning, but I didn’t have a clear understanding of the origin, and I found it interesting.
Yesterday’s word
The word coffle means “a line of slaves or animals fastened together”
Background
This word comes from the Arabic word qāfila (caravan or traveling companion).
First usage
This word first appeared in the very late 1700s.
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