In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CACHALOTS
Noun
cachalots
plural of cachalot
Source: Wiktionary
CACHALOT
Cach"a*lot, n. Etym: [F. cachalot.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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