In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EARPIECE
earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone
(noun) electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; “it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
earpiece (plural earpieces)
A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear.
A receiver of a telephone to hold near to your ear.
The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.
Source: Wiktionary
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