In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
cornsilk, corn silk
(noun) each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cornsilk (plural cornsilks)
A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.
Alternative form of corn silk (the thready fibres of stigmata of corn (maize))
cornsilk (not comparable)
Of a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk.
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.