In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PIZZICATOS
Noun
pizzicatos
plural of pizzicato
Source: Wiktionary
PIZZICATO
Piz`zi*ca"to. Etym: [It., pinched.] (Mus.)
Definition: A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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