In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXPULSED
Verb
expulsed
simple past tense and past participle of expulse
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• duplexes, suplexed
Source: Wiktionary
EXPULSE
Ex*pulse", v. t. Etym: [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.]
Definition: To drive out; to expel. [Obs.] If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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