In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NUTBREAKER
Nut"break`er, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European nuthatch. (b) The nutcracker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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