In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DOGGERS
Noun
doggers
plural of dogger
Source: Wiktionary
DOGGER
Dog"ger, n. Etym: [D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.] (Naut.)
Definition: A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
Dog"ger, n.
Definition: A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 February 2025
ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
Coffee Trivia
