In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FAGEND
Fag"*end", n.
1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.
2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.
Fag"*end", n.
1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.
2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. The fag-end of business. Collier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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