In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOOKUP
hookup, assemblage
(noun) a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookup
(noun) a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; “some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hookup (plural hookups)
(sometimes, attributive) A connection.
(slang) A brief sexual relationship or encounter.
Synonym: fling
(slang) A sexual partner.
Synonym: Thesaurus:sexual partner
Source: Wiktionary
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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