In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INSUCKEN
Etymology
Noun
insucken (plural insuckens)
The multure paid by occupiers of thirled lands for the service of grinding.
Adjective
insucken (not comparable)
(legal, Scotland) Pertaining to a district astricted to a certain mill.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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