In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DACHA
dacha
(noun) Russian country house
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dacha (plural dachas)
A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
Source: Wiktionary
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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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