In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JOGTROT
Etymology
Noun
jogtrot (plural jogtrots)
A slow, regular, jolting gait.
Verb
jogtrot (third-person singular simple present jogtrots, present participle jogtrotting, simple past and past participle jogtrotted)
(intransitive) To move with a slow, regular, jolting gait.
Source: Wiktionary
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