In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TAILORBIRD
tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius
(noun) tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tailorbird (plural tailorbirds)
A small warbler of the genus Orthotomus, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
Source: Wiktionary
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PERESTROIKA
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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