In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BEDDER
bedder, bedding plant
(noun) an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bedder (plural bedders)
Agent noun of bed; one who beds.
(Cambridge University) A bedmaker; a maid; a college servant, generally female, cleaning rooms in Cambridge University (compare: college porter and gyp), somewhat similar to an Oxford University scout.
Anagrams
• redbed
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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