In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WRASTLE
Etymology
Verb
wrastle (third-person singular simple present wrastles, present participle wrastling, simple past and past participle wrastled)
(obsolete or UK, dialect or US, colloquial) To wrestle.
Anagrams
• Walters, walters, wastrel
Source: Wiktionary
Wras"tle, v. i. Etym: [OE. wrastlen. See Wrestle.]
Definition: To wrestle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Who wrastleth best naked, with oil enoint. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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