In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Merckx, Eddy Merckx
(noun) Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.