In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BULLWHIP
Etymology
Noun
bullwhip (plural bullwhips)
A whip made from plaited leather, often with a knotted end, for use with livestock.
Hypernyms
• whip
Meronyms
• fall
• thong
Verb
bullwhip (third-person singular simple present bullwhips, present participle bullwhipping, simple past and past participle bullwhipped)
(transitive) To beat with a bullwhip.
Source: Wiktionary
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