In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tasswage
(obsolete, poetic, nonce) to assuage
• wastages
Source: Wiktionary
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.