In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CATTIE
catty, cattie
(noun) any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cattie (plural catties)
Archaic form of catty. (Chinese unit of weight)
Source: Wiktionary
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