In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCAVAGED
Verb
scavaged
simple past tense and past participle of scavage
Source: Wiktionary
SCAVAGE
Scav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to lock at to inspect. See Show.] (O.Eng. Law)
Definition: A toll duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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