In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOTOSEATER
Lo"tus-eat`er, Lo"tos-eat`er, n. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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