In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WO
Etymology 1
Interjection
wo
A falconer's call to a hawk.
A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.
Etymology 2
Noun
wo (countable and uncountable, plural wos)
Obsolete spelling of woe.
Etymology 3
Noun
wo (plural wos)
(Northern England, Derbyshire, dialectal) A wall.
Verb
wo
(Northern England, dialectal, possibly, obsolete) To wall (to build a wall, or build a wall around).
Anagrams
• 'ow, ow
Noun
WO (plural WOs)
(military) Initialism of warrant officer.
Anagrams
• 'ow, ow
Prefix
Wo
(star) the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, the Richard van der Riet Woolley expansion
Synonyms
• Gliese, Gl, GJ
Anagrams
• 'ow, ow
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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