In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
OVERTOILED
Verb
overtoiled
simple past tense and past participle of overtoil
Source: Wiktionary
OVERTOIL
O`ver*toil", v. t.
Definition: To overwork.
O`ver*toil", v. t.
Definition: To weary excessively; to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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