In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUETHE
Etymology
Verb
quethe (third-person singular simple present quethes, present participle quething, simple past quoth or quod or quethed, past participle quethen or quethed)
(obsolete except in past tense quoth) To say or declare.
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