In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COUNTINGHOUSES
Noun
countinghouses
plural of countinghouse
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTINGHOUSE
Count"ing*house` (kount"ng-hous`), Count"ing*room` (kount"ng-rm`), n. Etym: [See Count, v. ]
Definition: The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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