In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEWAGE
sewage, sewerage
(noun) waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sewage (countable and uncountable, plural sewages)
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
(obsolete) sewerage.
Synonyms
• wastewater
Source: Wiktionary
Sew"age, n.
1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers
2. Sewerage, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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