In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DORSES
Noun
dorses
plural of dorse
Anagrams
• Sedors, dosers, dosser, resods, rossed, soders, sordes
Source: Wiktionary
DORSE
Dorse, n. Etym: [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]
2. The back of a book. [Obs.] Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. Wood.
Dorse, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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