In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KRUMHORNS
Noun
krumhorns
plural of krumhorn
Source: Wiktionary
KRUMHORN
Krumm"horn`, Krum"horn`, n. Etym: [G. krummhorn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see Cornet, 1, a.) (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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