In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUSTITI
Etymology
Noun
oustiti (plural oustitis)
(archaic) A marmoset.
A tool for opening a locked door by turning an inner key from the outside.
Source: Wiktionary
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1 June 2025
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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