In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOUGHBOY
doughboy
(noun) a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread; “the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut”
doughboy
(noun) an American infantryman in World War I
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
doughboy (plural doughboys)
(US) An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
A kind of flour dumpling.
Frybread.
Source: Wiktionary
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PAMPER
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; “grandparents often pamper the children”; “Let’s not mollycoddle our students!”
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