In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HARAKIRI
harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku
(noun) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ha"ra-ki`ri, n. Etym: [Jap., stomach cutting.]
Definition: Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari. W. E. Griffis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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