In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNBONNET
Etymology
Verb
unbonnet (third-person singular simple present unbonnets, present participle unbonneting, simple past and past participle unbonneted)
(transitive) To remove a bonnet from.
(intransitive) To take off one's bonnet.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*bon"net, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + bonnet.]
Definition: To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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