In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SNUFFBOX
snuffbox
(noun) a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
snuffbox (plural snuffboxes)
A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.
Source: Wiktionary
Snuff"box`, n.
Definition: A small box for carrying snuff about the person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOT
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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