In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HASSLE
hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
(noun) disorderly fighting
fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
(noun) an angry disturbance; “he didn’t want to make a fuss”; “they had labor trouble”; “a spot of bother”
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(verb) annoy continually or chronically; “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”; “This man harasses his female co-workers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hassle (plural hassles)
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
A fight or argument.
An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
Verb
hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)
To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
To pick a fight or start an argument.
Anagrams
• Hassel, Lashes, halses, lashes, selahs, shales, sheals
Source: Wiktionary
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