In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EIGHTEENS
Noun
eighteens
plural of eighteen
Source: Wiktionary
EIGHTEEN
Eight"een`, a. Etym: [AS. eahtat, eahtat. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.]
Definition: Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
Eight"een`, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.
2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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