In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ROBERTS
Roberts, Bartholomew Roberts
(noun) a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
Roberts, Kenneth Roberts
(noun) United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
Roberts, Oral Roberts
(noun) United States evangelist (born 1918)
Roberts, Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts
(noun) United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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