In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROLETARIANS
Noun
proletarians
plural of proletarian
Source: Wiktionary
PROLETARIAN
Prol`e*ta"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. proletarius. See Proletary.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost." De Quincey.
– n.
Definition: A proletary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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