In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REAPPROPRIATED
Verb
reappropriated
simple past tense and past participle of reappropriate
Source: Wiktionary
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PARSIMONIOUS
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
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