In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COOEES
Noun
cooees
plural of cooee
Verb
cooees
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooee
Source: Wiktionary
COOEE
Coo"ey, Coo"ee, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Definition: A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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