In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SMILET
Etymology
Noun
smilet (plural smilets)
(obsolete) A little smile.
Anagrams
• mistle
Source: Wiktionary
Smil"et, n.
Definition: A little smile. [R.] Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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