In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNDERLEAF
Etymology
Noun
underleaf (plural underleaves)
A lower leaf on a plant.
(obsolete) A prolific kind of cider apple.
Anagrams
• flaneured
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*leaf`, n.
Definition: A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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