In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DORMICE
DORMOUSE
dormouse
(noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dormice
plural of dormouse
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Source: Wiktionary
DORMOUSE
Dor"mouse, n.; pl. Dormice. Etym: [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep (Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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