In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISCEPTATIONS
Noun
disceptations
plural of disceptation
Source: Wiktionary
DISCEPTATION
Dis`cep*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. disceptatio.]
Definition: Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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