In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PLOWBOY
plowboy, ploughboy
(noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plowboy (plural plowboys)
A boy plower, a boy who plows.
A boy who helps the plowman by driving the draught animals in front of the plow.
Source: Wiktionary
Plow"boy`, Plough"boy`, n.
Definition: A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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