In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUNFLINTS
Noun
gunflints
plural of gunflint
Source: Wiktionary
GUNFLINT
Gun"flint`, n.
Definition: A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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