In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BOYHOOD
boyhood
(noun) the childhood of a boy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
boyhood (countable and uncountable, plural boyhoods)
The state or period of being a boy.
Source: Wiktionary
Boy"hood, n. Etym: [Boy + -hood.]
Definition: The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy. Hood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EXTINGUISHABLE
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