In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FRIMAIRE
Frimaire
(noun) third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fri"maire`, n. Etym: [F., fr. frimas hoarfrost.]
Definition: The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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