In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
STOPES
Stopes, Marie Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
(noun) birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
stopes
plural of stope
Anagrams
• T poses, T-poses, e-stops, estops, pestos, posest, posets, posset, ptoses, stoeps
Source: Wiktionary
STOPE
Stope, n. Etym: [Cf. Step, n. & v. i.] (Mining)
Definition: A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
Stope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] (Mining) (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Stope, Sto"pen, p. p. of Step.
Definition: Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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