In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PACKINGHOUSE
packinghouse, packing plant
(noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
packinghouse
(noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; “they came from an apple packinghouse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
packinghouse (plural packinghouses)
A factory-like facility for the butchering of meat animals, processing the meat into smaller cuts.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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