In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BEMOUTH
Etymology
Verb
bemouth (third-person singular simple present bemouths, present participle bemouthing, simple past and past participle bemouthed)
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
Source: Wiktionary
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