In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DROME
airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome
(noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
drome (plural dromes)
(obsolete) The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.
Anagrams
• Domer, dermo, dermo-, moder, mored
Source: Wiktionary
Drome, n. Etym: [F., fr. Gr. Dromedary.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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