In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies)
(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
Synonym: showie (Australia)
(uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
(informal, countable) A carnival.
carny (third-person singular simple present carnies, present participle carnying, simple past and past participle carnied)
(dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
carny
(dialectal) Flattery.
• Caryn, Cryan
Source: Wiktionary
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.