In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHANTOMS
Noun
phantoms
plural of phantom
Source: Wiktionary
PHANTOM
Phan"tom, n. Etym: [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantôme, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. Fancy, and cf. Phaëton, Phantasm, Phase.]
Definition: That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.
– Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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