In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PUMPHOUSE
Etymology
Noun
pumphouse (plural pumphouses)
A building containing pumping equipment; thus
A building containing pumping equipment to fill a canal.
A building containing pumping equipment to provide the water supply on a farm (from a well, spring, creek, or pond).
Hypernyms
• house
Source: Wiktionary
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