In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PLEDGETS
Noun
pledgets
plural of pledget
Source: Wiktionary
PLEDGET
Pledg"et, n. Etym: [Prov. E., a small plug.]
1. A small plug. [Prov. End.]
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A string of oakum used in calking.
3. (Med.)
Definition: A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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