In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BRICKFIELDERS
Noun
brickfielders
plural of brickfielder
Source: Wiktionary
BRICKFIELDER
Brick"field`er, n. [Australia]
1.
Definition: Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north;
– now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.
2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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