CORBEAU

Etymology

Noun

corbeau (plural corbeaux)

The black vulture, Coragyps atratus.

(historic) A man who carts away the dead plague victims.

A very dark shade of green, almost black.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 September 2023

QUAINT

(adjective) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); “houses with quaint thatched roofs”; “a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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