In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PEDOGRAPH
Ped"o*graph, n. [Gr. ground + -graph.]
Definition: An instrument carried by a pedestrian for automatically making a topographical record of the ground covered during a journey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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