In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FOY
Etymology
Noun
foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)
(obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
(obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
Proper noun
Foy (plural Foys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Foy is the 2786th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12952 individuals. Foy is most common among White (71.73%) and Black/African American (22.44%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Foy, n. Etym: [F. foi, old spelling foy, faith. See Faith.]
1. Faith; allegiance; fealty. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A feast given by one about to leave a place. [Obs.] He did at the Dog give me, and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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