In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ROTCHES
Noun
rotches
plural of rotche
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• Troches, hectors, orchets, rochets, scoreth, tochers, torches, troches
Source: Wiktionary
ROTCHE
Rotche, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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