In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CHAFFIER
Adjective
chaffier
comparative form of chaffy
Source: Wiktionary
CHAFFY
Chaff"y, a.
1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. Coleridge.
2. Light or worthless as chaff. Slight and chaffy opinion. Glanvill.
3. (Bot.) (a) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. (b) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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