In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WASTER
destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
(noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; “a destroyer of the environment”; “jealousy was his undoer”; “uprooters of gravestones”
wastrel, waster
(noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
A destroyer.
An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Synonyms
• (one who spends extravagantly): See Thesaurus:spendthrift
• (imperfection in the wick): thief
Etymology 2
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
(obsolete, chiefly, fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
(obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.
Anagrams
• Waters, Westra, rawest, tawers, waters
Source: Wiktionary
Wast"er, n. Etym: [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]
1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. Sconces are great wasters of candles. Swift.
2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief. Halliwell.
3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil. Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head. Beau. & Fl. Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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