In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SKELL
Etymology 1
Noun
skell (plural skells)
(slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
(slang, US, New York, police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
Synonyms
• See also vagabond
Etymology 2
Verb
skell (third-person singular simple present skells, present participle skelling, simple past and past participle skelled)
(slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over.
Anagrams
• Kells, kells
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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