In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTEPREDICAMENT
An`te*pre*dic"a*ment, n. (Logic)
Definition: A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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