In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RAUNCHY
begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; “a miner’s begrimed face”; “dingy linen”; “grimy hands”; “grubby little fingers”; “a grungy kitchen”
lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
(adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; “lewd pictures”; “an indecent gesture”; “obscene telephone calls”; “salacious limericks”
raunchy
(adjective) earthy and sexually explicit; “a raunchy novel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
raunchy (comparative raunchier, superlative raunchiest)
Smutty; indecent.
Lecherous.
Sexually seductive.
Very low-class; inferior; inadequate.
With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.
Synonyms
• See also obscene
Anagrams
• unchary
Source: Wiktionary
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