In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GRAWLIX
Etymology
Apparently coined by American cartoonist Mort Walker in 1964.
Noun
grawlix (plural grawlixes or grawlix or grawlices)
A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips.
A string of typographical symbols, especially "@#$%&!", used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword.
A series of violence related images in a speech bubble to represent obscenity, swearwords or profanity.
Source: Wiktionary
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BARGAIN
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