In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SOFA
sofa, couch, lounge
(noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sofa (plural sofas)
(Middle East architecture, archaic) A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
(furniture) An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
Synonyms
• (furniture): couch, lounge, divan, settee
Verb
sofa (third-person singular simple present sofas, present participle sofaing, simple past and past participle sofaed)
To furnish with one or more sofas.
To seat or lay down on a sofa.
Anagrams
• OFAs, as of, oafs
Source: Wiktionary
So"fa, n.; pl. Sofas. Etym: [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It.sofà .]
Definition: A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; - - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. Cowper. Sofa bed, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed;
– called also sofa bedstead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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