In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHOALWISE
Etymology
Adverb
shoalwise (not comparable)
In or as a shoal.
Tell me, good sir, if you know it;
Tell me truly, what's the reason
Why the people to Kingussie
Shoalwise flock in summer season?
Source: Wiktionary
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