In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
REPEOPLE
Etymology
Verb
repeople (third-person singular simple present repeoples, present participle repeopling, simple past and past participle repeopled)
To repopulate.
they issued forth of the mountaines, to repeople the world againe, which they found replenished onely with Serpents.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*peo"ple (r-p"p'l), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + people: cf. F. repeupler.]
Definition: To people anew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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