In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTHARBOUR
Etymology
Noun
outharbour (plural outharbours)
(Canada) In Newfoundland and Labrador any city, town, or village having a harbour, other than the main port of St. John's.
Synonyms
• outport
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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