In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FERRATE
Noun
ferrate (plural ferrates)
(inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO42- in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state.
Source: Wiktionary
Fer"rate, n. Etym: [L. ferrum iron.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of ferric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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