In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIOGENES
Diogenes
(noun) an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Di*og"e*nes, n.
Definition: A Greek Cynic philosopher (412-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. Diogenes' crab (Zoöl.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops.
– Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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