In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ROUNDHOUSES
Noun
roundhouses
plural of roundhouse
Source: Wiktionary
ROUNDHOUSE
Round"house`, n.
1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach. (b) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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