In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOYDEN
tomboy, romp, hoyden
(noun) a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoyden (plural hoydens)
(archaic) A rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
Adjective
hoyden (comparative more hoyden, superlative most hoyden)
Like a hoyden: high-spirited and boisterous; saucy, tomboyish.
Verb
hoyden (third-person singular simple present hoydens, present participle hoydening, simple past and past participle hoydened)
(intransitive) To behave in a hoydenish manner.
Anagrams
• Doheny, dhoney
Source: Wiktionary
Hoy"den, n.
Definition: Same as Hoiden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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