In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOGGERMAN
Etymology
Noun
doggerman (plural doggermen)
A sailor who works on a dogger (two-masted fishing vessel).
Source: Wiktionary
Dog"ger*man, n.
Definition: A sailor belonging to a dogger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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