In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BOSQUE
Proper noun
Bosque (plural Bosques)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bosque is the 21972nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1181 individuals. Bosque is most common among Hispanic/Latino (69.18%) and White (18.29%) individuals.
Etymology 1
Noun
bosque (plural bosques)
Rare spelling of bosk. [19th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
bosque (plural bosques)
(southern US) A gallery forest found growing along a river bank or on the flood plain of a watercourse.
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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