In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ILOSONE
erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin
(noun) an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
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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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