In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PAISLEY
paisley
(noun) a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Paisley
A town, the administrative centre of Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4863).
A locality in Murray Mallee region, South Australia.
An unincorporated community and village in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida, United States.
A small city in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A surname.
Etymology
From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.
Noun
paisley (countable and uncountable, plural paisleys)
A motif of a swirling droplet.
A soft woollen fabric having this motif.
Synonyms
• boteh
• Persian pickle
• Welsh pear
Adjective
paisley (not comparable)
Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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