In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
POETIZER
rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser
(noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
poetizer (plural poetizers)
An inferior poet.
• A. B. Douglas, The Spirit Lamp (page 22)
Browning and Tennyson cannot be set aside as poetasters, but surely they are often only poetizers. They have got some wretched philosophy they want to express, and we feel them straining after it.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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