In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BECLAP
Be*clap, v. t. Etym: [OE. biclappen.]
Definition: To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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