December 6, 2007
imaret
(n.)

an inn or hospice in Turkey

Pronunciation:
ih-MARR-et

In a sentence:
Fran was disappointed to find the Happy Times Motel all too similar to an Ankara imaret in which she had once been stranded for four horrible nights.

In a different sentence:
A reformed vegetarian, Jon kept his cool by stroking the breast of the family’s stuffed Thanksgiving turkey and telling her that she’d be spending her last few hours in a warm, moist imaret named Westinghouse.

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