In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CARTE
menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte
(noun) a list of dishes available at a restaurant; “the menu was in French”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
carte (plural cartes)
A bill of fare; a menu.
(dated) A visiting card.
(historical) A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person).
(Scotland, dated) A playing card.
Etymology 2
Noun
carte (countable and uncountable, plural cartes)
(fencing) Alternative form of quarte
Anagrams
• Trace, acter, caret, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace
Proper noun
Carte (plural Cartes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carte is the 13306th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2292 individuals. Carte is most common among White (90.1%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Trace, acter, caret, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace
Source: Wiktionary
Carte, n. Etym: [F. See 1st Card.]
1. Bill of fare.
2. Short for Carte de visite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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