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