In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PINGPONG
Ping"-pong`, n. [Imitative.]
1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net.
2. A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.
Ping"-pong`, v. i.
Definition: To play ping-pong.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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