PUERPERA

puerpera

(noun) a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

puerpera (plural puerperas or puerperae)

(obstetrics) A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.

(rare) A woman who has recently given birth.

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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