In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
COCKLEBURR
cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr
(noun) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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