In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHAWN
Shawn, Ted Shawn
(noun) United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Shawn
A male given name from Irish, popular in the US in the 1970s.
A female given name from Irish, transferred from the male name.
Anagrams
• Hawns, hwans
Source: Wiktionary
SHAW
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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PARSIMONIOUS
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
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