In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DEP
Etymology 1
Noun
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
Short for department.
Etymology 2
Noun
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
Short for deposit.
Short for departure.
(law, informal) A deposition.
(informal) A deputy.
(Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
(computing, informal) A dependency.
Verb
dep (third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped)
(informal) To deputize.
Verb
dep
depart or departs
deposed
Anagrams
• -ped, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, PED, Pde, ped
Noun
DEP (countable and uncountable, plural DEPs)
(US, military, countable) Initialism of delayed entry program.
(computing, uncountable) Initialism of data execution prevention.
Proper noun
DEP
Initialism of Department of Environmental protection.
Anagrams
• -ped, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, PED, Pde, ped
Source: Wiktionary
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