In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOGGERIES
Noun
toggeries
plural of toggery
Source: Wiktionary
TOGGERY
Tog"ger*y, n. Etym: [Cf. Togated.]
Definition: Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. [Colloq.] togs
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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