In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ROOTLE
rout, root, rootle
(verb) dig with the snout; “the pig was rooting for truffles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rootle (third-person singular simple present rootles, present participle rootling, simple past and past participle rootled)
(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.
(of a person) to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out.
Anagrams
• looter, oolert, retool, tooler
Source: Wiktionary
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