In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SOP
sop
(noun) a concession given to mollify or placate; āthe offer was a sop to my feelingsā
sop, sops
(noun) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; āsouse water on his hot faceā
sop
(verb) dip into liquid; āsop bread into the sauceā
sop, soak through
(verb) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
sop
(verb) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
SOP
Initialism of State of Palestine.
Noun
SOP (countable and uncountable, plural SOPs)
Initialism of sex on/over the phone.
Initialism of Standard Operating Procedure.
(manufacturing) Initialism of start of production.
(construction) Initialism of setting-out point.
Anagrams
• OPS, OPS+, POS, POs, PSO, ops, pos
Etymology
Noun
sop (plural sops)
Something entirely soaked.
A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
Something given or done to pacify or bribe.
A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; a milksop
(Appalachian) Gravy.
(obsolete) A thing of little or no value.
A piece of turf placed in the road as a target for a throw in road bowling.
Verb
sop (third-person singular simple present sops, present participle sopping, simple past and past participle sopped)
(transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid.
(intransitive) To soak in, or be soaked; to percolate.
Anagrams
• OPS, OPS+, POS, POs, PSO, ops, pos
Source: Wiktionary
Sop, n. Etym: [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t., and cf. Soup.]
1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26. Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman. Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
– Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.
Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.]
Definition: To steep or dip in any liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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