In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SCRUBBY
scrawny, scrubby, stunted
(adjective) inferior in size or quality; “scrawny cattle”; “scrubby cut-over pine”; “old stunted thorn trees”
scrabbly, scrubby
(adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; “open scrubby woods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scrubby (comparative scrubbier, superlative scrubbiest)
Covered with or consisting of scrub.
Inferior in size or quality.
Source: Wiktionary
Scrub"by, a. [Compar. Scrubbier; superl. Scrubbiest.]
Definition: Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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