In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RAMJET
ramjet, ramjet engine, atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe
(noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ramjet (plural ramjets)
(aviation) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.
Source: Wiktionary
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