In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
JACALS
Noun
jacals
plural of jacal
Source: Wiktionary
JACAL
Ja*cal" (hä*käl"; 239), n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Mex. xacalli.]
Definition: In Mexico and the southwestern United States, a kind of plastered house or hut, usually made by planting poles or timber in the ground, filling in between them with screen work or wickerwork, and daubing one or both sides with mud or adobe mortar; also, this method of construction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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