In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
unbrake (third-person singular simple present unbrakes, present participle unbraking, simple past and past participle unbraked)
(intransitive) to stop braking, to release the brake(s)
(transitive) to release the brakes of (a car, wheel)
• Burkean, Urbanek, un-break, unbreak
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23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.