In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MOCKAGE
Etymology
Noun
mockage (countable and uncountable, plural mockages)
(obsolete) Mockery; mocking.
Source: Wiktionary
Mock"age, n.
Definition: Mockery. [Obs.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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