In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PONDAGE
Etymology
Noun
pondage (plural pondages)
The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
The water in a reservoir.
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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