In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CRUNKLE
Verb
crunkle (third-person singular simple present crunkles, present participle crunkling, simple past and past participle crunkled)
(UK, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.
Anagrams
• clunker
Source: Wiktionary
Crunk (krnk), Crun"kle (krn"k'l), v. i. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kr to croak.]
Definition: To cry like a crane. [Obs.] "The crane crunketh." Withals (1608).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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