In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PERRON
Etymology
Noun
perron (plural perrons)
(historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
(architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.
Anagrams
• pernor
Source: Wiktionary
Per"ron, n. [F.] (Arch.)
Definition: An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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