In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TUILERIES
Tuileries, Tuileries Gardens
(noun) formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
Tuileries, Tuileries Palace
(noun) palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SUNGLASSES
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
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