SLEEKEN

Etymology

Verb

sleeken (third-person singular simple present sleekens, present participle sleekening, simple past and past participle sleekened)

(ambitransitive) To make or become sleek.

Source: Wiktionary



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5 May 2024

CORRECTIONS

(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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