In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FINGRIGO
Fin"gri*go, n.; pl. Fingrigos. Etym: [So called in Jamaica.] (Bot.)
Definition: A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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