In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TAPENADE
tapenade
(noun) a spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tapenade (countable and uncountable, plural tapenades)
A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.
Source: Wiktionary
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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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