In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BRIBELESS
Bribe"less, a.
Definition: Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes. From thence to heaven's bribeless hall. Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLEAN
(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”
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