In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
AIGRETS
Noun
aigrets
plural of aigret
Anagrams
• Gaiters, Staiger, agister, gaiters, seagirt, stagier, strigae, tirages, triages
Source: Wiktionary
AIGRET
Ai"gret, Ai*grette, n. Etym: [F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See Heron, and cf. Egret, Egrette.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The small white European heron. See Egret.
2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.)
Definition: A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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