In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TUBENOSE
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Noun
tubenose (plural tubenoses)
Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus
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MALLET
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
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