In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COOPERY
Etymology
Noun
coopery (countable and uncountable, plural cooperies)
Cooperage (the art or trade of a cooper).
Cooperage (cooper's workshop).
Adjective
coopery (not comparable)
(obsolete) Relating to a cooper; coopered.
Source: Wiktionary
Coop"er*y, a.
Definition: Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.] Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.
Coop"er*y, n.
Definition: The occupation of a cooper. Crabb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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