In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RETIRACY
Noun
retiracy (usually uncountable, plural retiracies)
(US, dated, chiefly, humorous) retirement
• C. A. Bristed
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tir"a*cy, n.
Definition: Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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