In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ISOPEPSIN
I`so*pep"sin, n. Etym: [Iso- + pepsin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40Âş to 60Âş C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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