In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
THRALLED
Verb
thralled
simple past tense and past participle of thrall
Source: Wiktionary
THRALL
Thrall, n. Etym: [OE. thral, , Icel. , perhaps through AS. ; akin to Sw. träl, Dan. træl, and probably to AS. to run, Goth. , Gr. dregil, drigil, a servant.]
1. A slave; a bondman. Chaucer. Gurth, the born thrall of Cedric. Sir W. Scott.
2. Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. Tennyson. He still in thrall Of all-subdoing sleep. Chapman.
3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
Thrall, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. [Obs.] Spenser. The fiend that would make you thrall and bond. Chaucer.
Thrall, v. t.
Definition: To enslave. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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