In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SWAMPY
boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot”; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
swampy (comparative swampier, superlative swampiest)
Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.
Source: Wiktionary
Swamp"y, a.
Definition: Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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