In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BUNCE
boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
(noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); “the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bunce (plural Bunces)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunce is the 8023rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4126 individuals. Bunce is most common among White (92.51%) individuals.
Noun
bunce (uncountable)
(UK, regional) A bonus; additional pay.
Source: Wiktionary
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FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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