In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCHOOLGIRL
schoolgirl
(noun) a girl attending school
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
schoolgirl (plural schoolgirls)
A girl attending school.
Hypernyms
• pupil, student (especially US)
Verb
schoolgirl (third-person singular simple present schoolgirls, present participle schoolgirling, simple past and past participle schoolgirled)
(transitive, wrestling, rare) To restrain in a schoolgirl pin.
Source: Wiktionary
School"girl`, n.
Definition: A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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