In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TONGUESTERS
Noun
tonguesters
plural of tonguester
Source: Wiktionary
TONGUESTER
Tongue"ster, n.
Definition: One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. [Poetic.] Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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