In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DETICK
detick
(verb) free (a pet) of ticks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
detick (third-person singular simple present deticks, present participle deticking, simple past and past participle deticked)
(transitive) to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from
Anagrams
• ticked
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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