In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHREWDNESS
shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
(noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shrewdness (countable and uncountable, plural shrewdnesses)
The quality of being shrewd.
An invented collective name for a group of apes.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUNGLASSES
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