In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BURIER
Etymology
Noun
burier (plural buriers)
One who buries
Source: Wiktionary
Bur"i*er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, buries. Till the buriers have buried it. Ezek. xxxix. 15. And darkness be the burier of the dead. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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