In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AZURINES
Noun
azurines
plural of azurine
Anagrams
• azuresin, suzerain
Source: Wiktionary
AZURINE
Az"u*rine, a. Etym: [Cf. Azurn.]
Definition: Azure.
Az"u*rine, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus cæruleus); -- so called from its color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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