In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IRONGRAY
I"ron-gray`, a.
Definition: Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken.
– n.
Definition: An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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