In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SLAVERS
Noun
slavers
plural of slaver
Verb
slavers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slaver
Anagrams
• salvers, servals, versals
Source: Wiktionary
SLAVER
Slav"er, n.
1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
Slav"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.
Slav"er, v. t.
Definition: To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Slav"er, n.
Definition: Saliva driveling from the mouth. Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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