In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SNIPER
sniper
(noun) a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sniper (plural snipers)
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
One who shoots from a concealed position.
One who criticizes.
(ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
Anagrams
• Perins, Piners, Prines, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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