In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALCOHOLICS
Noun
alcoholics
plural of alcoholic
Source: Wiktionary
ALCOHOLIC
Al`co*hol"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. alcolique.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
Al`co*hol"ic, n.
1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
2. pl.
Definition: Alcoholic liquors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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