In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MONTICLES
Noun
monticles
plural of monticle
Source: Wiktionary
MONTICLE
Mon"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. monticulus, dim. of mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. monticule. See Mount, n.]
Definition: A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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