In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty; βdonβt soil your clothes when you play outside!β
Source: WordNet® 3.1
colly (comparative collier, superlative colliest)
(British, dialect) black as coal
colly (third-person singular simple present collies, present participle collying, simple past and past participle collied)
(transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal
colly (plural collies)
(British, dialect) Soot.
(British, dialect) A blackbird
(dated) Alternative spelling of collie
Source: Wiktionary
Col"ly, n. Etym: [From Coal.]
Definition: The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.
Col"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied; p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.]
Definition: To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.
Col"ly, n.
Definition: A kind of dog. See Collie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.