In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ORDINAIRE
Etymology
Noun
ordinaire (countable and uncountable, plural ordinaires)
Wine for ordinary use.
A soldier's mess.
A person of common rank.
Source: Wiktionary
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