In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NEIFS
Noun
neifs
plural of neif
Anagrams
• Feins, Fines, fenis, fines, niefs
Source: Wiktionary
NEIF
Neif, Neife, n. Etym: [OF. neïf, naïf, a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native.]
Definition: A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone.
Neif, Neaf, n. Etym: [Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan. næve, Sw. näfve.]
Definition: The first. [Obs.] "I kiss thy neif." "Give me your neaf." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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