In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUBAPENNINE
Sub*ap"en*nine, a.
Definition: Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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