In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MAGGOT
maggot
(noun) the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
maggot (plural maggots)
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]
(derogatory) A worthless person. [from 17th c.]
(now, archaic, regional) A whimsy or fancy. [from 17th c.]
(slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
Synonyms
• (soft legless larva): grub
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"got, n. Etym: [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. magu to bread.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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