In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MARSHY
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot”; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)
Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
Growing in marshy ground.
Synonyms
• (of, or resembling a marsh): hoggy, quaggy, swampy; see also marshy
Source: Wiktionary
Marsh"y, a. Etym: [E. Marsh.]
1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.
2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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