In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RINDERPESTS
Noun
rinderpests
plural of rinderpest
Source: Wiktionary
RINDERPEST
Rin"der*pest, n. Etym: [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
Definition: A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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