In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CODLIN
Noun
codlin (plural codlins)
Alternative form of codling (“apple”)
Source: Wiktionary
Cod"lin, Cod"ling, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. codæppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. A codling when 't is almost an apple. Shak. Codling moth (Zoöl.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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