In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BRANDENBURG
Brandenburg
(noun) the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Bran"den*burg, n. [So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia.]
Definition: A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe.
He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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