In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PILOTMAN
Etymology
Noun
pilotman (plural pilotmen)
(rail, UK) A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work.
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PRESIDIUM
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
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