In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OXBOWS
Noun
oxbows
plural of oxbow
Source: Wiktionary
OXBOW
Ox"bow`, n.
Definition: A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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