In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STANDARDBREDS
Noun
standardbreds
plural of standardbred
Source: Wiktionary
STANDARDBRED
Stand"ard-bred`, a.
Definition: Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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