LAMBSWOOL

Etymology 1

Noun

lambswool (countable and uncountable, plural lambswools)

(uncountable) Wool from a lamb.

(by extension, countable) Something made of wool from a lamb.

Etymology 2

Said to be a corruption of an earlier lamasool or La Maes Abhal, "Day of the Apple Fruit", a festival to a pagan goddess.

Noun

lambswool

A festive drink of ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples.

Source: Wiktionary



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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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