In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GAMMONED
Verb
gammoned
simple past tense and past participle of gammon
Source: Wiktionary
GAMMON
Gam"mon, n. Etym: [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.]
Definition: The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
Gam"mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gameed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gameing.]
Definition: To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gam"mon, n. Etym: [See 2d Game.]
1. Backgammon.
2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
Gam"mon, v. t.
1. To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.
Gam"mon, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.)
Definition: To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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