In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLYBOATS
Noun
flyboats
plural of flyboat
Source: Wiktionary
FLYBOAT
Fly"boat`, n. Etym: [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: A large Dutch coasting vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.
2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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