In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PIERCEL
Pier"cel, n. Etym: [Cf. F. perce.]
Definition: A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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