In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
VICKSBURG
Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg
(noun) a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Vicksburg
(noun) a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
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