In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
shrewlike (comparative more shrewlike, superlative most shrewlike)
Resembling a shrew (mouselike mammal) or some aspect of one.
Resembling a shrew (ill-tempered woman) or some aspect of one; shrewish.
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4 December 2024
(verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong; “The porters singsonged the travellers’ luggage up the mountain”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.