In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
mauby (countable and uncountable, plural maubies)
A beverage made from the bark of certain species in the genus Colubrina or related plants and widely consumed in the Caribbean.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.