In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OARLESS
Etymology
Adjective
oarless (not comparable)
Without oars.
Synonyms
• unoared
Anagrams
• Laroses, arsoles, lassoer, salsero, serosal, soleras
Source: Wiktionary
Oar"less, a.
Definition: Without oars. Sylvester.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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