In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CAGMAG
Etymology
Noun
cagmag (countable and uncountable, plural cagmags)
(UK, dialect) A tough old goose.
(UK, dialect, by extension, uncountable) Coarse, bad food of any kind.
Source: Wiktionary
Cag"mag, n.
Definition: A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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