In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
UNLATCH
Etymology
Verb
unlatch (third-person singular simple present unlatches, present participle unlatching, simple past and past participle unlatched)
Remove from a latch
Anagrams
• launcht, tulchan
Source: Wiktionary
Un*latch", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Unlatching.] Etym: [1st un- + latch.]
Definition: To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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