In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BURNSIDE
sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers
(noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man’s face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside
(noun) United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Burnside
Any of various towns in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
An industrial suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.
A topographic surname for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.
Anagrams
• Burdines, Rubenids, sideburn
Etymology
From Ambrose Burnside
Noun
burnside (plural burnsides)
(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin
Usage notes
This was later reformed as sideburn, see there.
Anagrams
• Burdines, Rubenids, sideburn
Source: Wiktionary
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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