In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CORTINA
cortina
(noun) a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cortina (plural cortinas)
(mycology) A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
Anagrams
• C-ration, Nicotra, anticor, carotin, nicator
Noun
Cortina (plural Cortinas)
A British family car from around the 1970s
Anagrams
• C-ration, Nicotra, anticor, carotin, nicator
Source: Wiktionary
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AIR
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
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