In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
UNROOF
Etymology
Verb
unroof (third-person singular simple present unroofs, present participle unroofing, simple past and past participle unroofed)
To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*roof", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + roof.]
Definition: To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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