In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNTRESSED
Etymology
Adjective
untressed (not comparable)
Loose, not in tresses.
Anagrams
• sederunts, sunderest, undersets
Source: Wiktionary
Un*tressed", a.
Definition: Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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