In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PETTYWHIN
Pet"ty*whin, n. Etym: [Petty + whin.] (Bot.)
Definition: The needle furze. See under Needle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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