In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BOUCLE
boucle
(noun) a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boucle (countable and uncountable, plural boucles)
A fabric knitted or woven of uneven yarn with a surface of loops and curls.
Yarn with multiple plies, one of which is looser than the others, producing loops and curls.
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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