In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLOATATION
flotation, floatation
(noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
flotation, floatation
(noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
floatation (countable and uncountable, plural floatations)
Alternative spelling of flotation
Source: Wiktionary
Float*a"tion, n.
Definition: See Flotation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYCAMORE
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