In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DAKOTAS
Da*ko"tas, n. pl.; sing. Dacota (. (Ethnol.)
Definition: An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. [Written also Dacotahs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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