In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
KNOBBLE
knobble
(noun) a small knob
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
knobble (plural knobbles)
A small knob.
Verb
knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)
(transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
(transitive, metallurgy) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
a knobbling furnace
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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