In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KNOCKABOUTS
Noun
knockabouts
plural of knockabout
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KNOCKABOUT
Knock"a*bout`, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
Knock"a*bout`, n.
1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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