In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ABSEILER
abseiler, rappeller
(noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abseiler (plural abseilers)
Someone who abseils.
Source: Wiktionary
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26 June 2025
DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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