In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COWHIDING
Verb
cowhiding
present participle of cowhide
Noun
cowhiding (plural cowhidings)
A flogging with a cowhide.
Source: Wiktionary
COWHIDE
Cow"hide` (-hd`), n.
1. The hide of a cow.
2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.
3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
Cow"hide`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding.]
Definition: To flog with a cowhide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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