In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GARNERED
Verb
garnered
simple past tense and past participle of garner
Anagrams
• Gardener, deranger, gardener, rangered
Source: Wiktionary
GARNER
Gar"ner, n. Etym: [OE. garner, gerner, greiner, OF. gernier, grenier, F. grenier, fr. L. granarium, fr. granum. See 1st Grain, and cf. Granary.]
Definition: A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.
Gar"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnered; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnering.]
Definition: To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure. Shak.
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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