In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CHEAPS
Noun
cheaps
plural of cheap
Verb
cheaps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheap
Anagrams
• Cephas, H-space, Pechas, Pesach, Speach, chapes, speach
Source: Wiktionary
CHEAP
Cheap, n. Etym: [AS. ceáp bargain, sale, price; akin to D. Koop purchase, G. Kauf, ICel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.]
Definition: A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.] The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. Shak.
Cheap, a. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon marché, à bon marché. See Cheap, n., Cheapen.]
1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value. Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. Locke.
2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean. You grow cheap in every subject's eye. Dryden. Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]
Cheap, adv.
Definition: Cheaply. Milton.
Cheap, v. i.
Definition: To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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