In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HOGGISH
hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
(adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; “piggish table manners”; “the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father”; “swinish slavering over food”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hoggish (comparative more hoggish, superlative most hoggish)
Having the characteristics of a pig
Having a gluttonous appetite
Source: Wiktionary
Hog"gish, a.
Definition: Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
– Hog"gish*ly, adv.
– Hog"gish*ness, n. Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes Shaftesbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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