In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLATTENER
Etymology
Noun
flattener (plural flatteners)
Anything that flattens.
(finance) A trade whose terms are based on the assumption that the rate of return will decrease.
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
19 December 2024
PRESIDIUM
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
Coffee Trivia
