In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HAPUKU
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Noun
hapuku (plural hapukus or hapuku)
(zoology) A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
Source: Wiktionary
Ha*pu"ku, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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