In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NOYAU
Etymology
Noun
noyau (plural noyaus)
A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots since the early nineteenth century.
(ethology) A social structure where individual animals live alone, but each male's territory overlaps with those of several females.
Source: Wiktionary
Noy`au", n. Etym: [F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post.]
Definition: A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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