In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SCROUNGE
scrounge, forage
(verb) collect or look around for (food)
schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.
Verb
scrounge (third-person singular simple present scrounges, present participle scrounging, simple past and past participle scrounged)
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
Synonyms
• (obtain from another): blag, cadge (UK), leech, sponge, wheedle
Noun
scrounge (plural scrounges)
Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
Anagrams
• congrues
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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