In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MACADAMIZATION
Etymology
Noun
macadamization (countable and uncountable, plural macadamizations)
(British) The process of paving roads with macadam.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac*ad`am*i*za"tion, n.
Definition: The process or act of macadamizing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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