In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ROCKERS
rockers, bikers
(noun) originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock’n’roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
rockers
plural of rocker
Anagrams
• Corkers, corkers, crokers, re-rocks, recorks, rerocks
Source: Wiktionary
ROCKER
Rock"er, n.
1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle. It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy. Fuller.
2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
3. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
7. (Mach.)
Definition: Same as Rock shaft. Rocker arm (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft. To be off one's rocker, to be insane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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