In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHLIMAZEL
schlimazel, shlimazel
(noun) (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shlimazel (plural shlimazels)
Alternative form of schlimazel
Source: Wiktionary
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