In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PONTIFY
Etymology
Verb
pontify (third-person singular simple present pontifies, present participle pontifying, simple past and past participle pontified)
To pontificate.
Source: Wiktionary
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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