In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
(verb) cry or whine with snuffling; “Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blubbing
present participle of blub
blubbing (countable and uncountable, plural blubbings)
Crying; whining; blubbering.
• bubbling
Source: Wiktionary
Blub, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. Bleb, Blob.]
Definition: To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.