In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COWPOXES
Noun
cowpoxes
plural of cowpox
Source: Wiktionary
COWPOX
Cow"pox` (--pks`), n. (Med.)
Definition: A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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