In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MARGARINS
Noun
margarins
plural of margarin
Source: Wiktionary
MARGARIN
Mar"ga*rin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. margarine. See Margarite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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