In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SANDER
Etymology
Noun
sander (plural sanders)
A person employed to sand wood.
A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
(railway) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy or icy conditions to improve traction.
(historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
Anagrams
• Anders, Dranes, Naders, Rendas, Snader, dearns, denars, redans, resand, sandre, snared
Proper noun
Sander
(obsolete) A male given name, formed as a contraction of Alexander.
A surname.
A village in Norway.
Anagrams
• Anders, Dranes, Naders, Rendas, Snader, dearns, denars, redans, resand, sandre, snared
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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