In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOES
Proper noun
Does
plural of Doe
Anagrams
• SOED, deos, dose, odes
Etymology 1
Verb
does
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
Etymology 2
Noun
does
plural of doe
Anagrams
• SOED, deos, dose, odes
Source: Wiktionary
Does.
Definition: The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.
DOE
Doe, n. Etym: [AS. da; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.
Doe, n.
Definition: A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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