In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CLUBFEET
Noun
clubfeet
plural of clubfoot
Source: Wiktionary
CLUBFOOT
Club"foot, n. Etym: [Club + foot.] (Med.)
Definition: A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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