In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MOBBING
MOB
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam
(verb) press tightly together or cram; “The crowd packed the auditorium”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
mobbing
present participle of mob
Noun
mobbing (countable and uncountable, plural mobbings)
(biology) The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
Group bullying.
(software engineering) Mob programming.
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Source: Wiktionary
MOB
Mob, n. Etym: [See Mobcap.]
Definition: A mobcap. Goldsmith.
Mob, v. t.
Definition: To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. [R.]
Mob, n. Etym: [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See Mobile, n.]
1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison.
2. Hence: A throgn; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law.
– Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] Dickens.
Mob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mobbing.]
Definition: To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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