In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SIZERS
Noun
sizers
plural of sizer
Proper noun
Sizers
plural of Sizer
Source: Wiktionary
SIZER
Siz"er, n.
1. See Sizar.
2. (Mech.) (a) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. (b) An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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