In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OBOLUS
obolus
(noun) a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
obolus (plural oboli)
A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"o*lus, n.;pl. Oboli. Etym: [L., fr Gr. ( (Gr.Antiq.) (a) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value. (b) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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