In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TWATTLE
Etymology 1
Verb
twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To talk in a digressive or long-winded way.
Noun
twattle
(archaic) Chatter; twaddle.
Etymology 2
Verb
twattle (third-person singular simple present twattles, present participle twattling, simple past and past participle twattled)
(archaic, transitive) To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet.
Etymology 3
Noun
twattle (plural twattles)
(archaic) A dwarf.
Source: Wiktionary
Twat"tle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Tattle, Twaddle.]
Definition: To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip. L'Estrange.
Twat"tle, v. t.
Definition: To make much of, as a domestic animal; to pet. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Twat"tle, n.
Definition: Act of prating; idle talk; twaddle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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