In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CUSTOMER
customer, client
(noun) someone who pays for goods or services
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
customer (plural customers)
A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
(informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
Anagrams
• costumer
Source: Wiktionary
Cus"tom*er (ks"tm-r), n. Etym: [A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom.]
1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.] The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. Hakluyt.
2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer. He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.
3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank. J. A. H. Murray.
4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.
5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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