In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PAMPER
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pamper (third-person singular simple present pampers, present participle pampering, simple past and past participle pampered)
(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
(dated) To feed luxuriously.
Synonyms
• (treat with indulgence): coddle, spoil; see also pamper
Anagrams
• mapper, pampre, pre-amp, preamp
Source: Wiktionary
Pam"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pampering.] Etym: [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
1. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite. "A body . . . pampered for corruption." Dr. T. Dwight.
2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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