In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHAW
Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw
(noun) British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw
(noun) United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings
(noun) United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
(noun) United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shaw (plural shaws)
(dated) A thicket; a small wood or grove.
(Scotland) The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
Anagrams
• -wash, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash
Proper noun
Shaw (plural Shaws)
An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
A place name, including
A town in Shaw and Crompton parish, Oldham borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9308).
A village near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
A village near Melksham, Wiltshire, England.
An unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
A small city in Mississippi, United States.
A neighbourhood in Washington, D.C., United States.
A neighbourhood in St. Louis, Missouri.
Anagrams
• -wash, WASH, Wahs, Wash, Wash., haws, shwa, wahs, wash
Source: Wiktionary
Shaw, n. Etym: [OE. schawe, scha, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk.]
1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt.
2. pl.
Definition: The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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