In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SPADO
Etymology
Noun
spado (plural spadoes or spadones)
(now rare) Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.
Anagrams
• APODs, apods
Source: Wiktionary
Spa"do, n.; pl. Spadones. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. Same as Spade, 2.
2. (Law)
Definition: An impotent person.
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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