In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EXITS
Noun
exits
plural of exit
Noun
exits pl (plural only)
(historical) Income, returns, revenue.
Verb
exits
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exit
Anagrams
• exist, sixte
Source: Wiktionary
EXIT
Ex"it. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.]
Definition: He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
Ex"it, n. Etym: [See 1st Exit.]
1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.
2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.
3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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