In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
shooed
simple past tense and past participle of shoo
Source: Wiktionary
Shoo, interj. Etym: [Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.]
Definition: Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.