In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RESTAURANT
restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery
(noun) a building where people go to eat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
restaurant (plural restaurants)
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
Synonyms
• See also restaurant
Source: Wiktionary
Res"tau*rant (rs"t*rnt;277), n. Etym: [F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.]
Definition: An eating house.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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