In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CAWK
Noun
cawk (countable and uncountable, plural cawks)
Alternative form of cauk
Anagrams
• Wack, wack
Source: Wiktionary
Cawk, n. Etym: [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.)
Definition: An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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