In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INCOMINGS
Noun
incomings
plural of incoming
Source: Wiktionary
INCOMING
In"com`ing, a.
1. Coming in; accruing. A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. Burke.
2. Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.
In"com`ing, n.
1. The act of coming in; arrival. The incomings and outgoings of the trains. Dickens.
2. Income; gain. [R.] Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations. Tooke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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