In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNPLUMING
Verb
unpluming
present participle of unplume
Source: Wiktionary
UNPLUME
Un*plume", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + plume.]
Definition: To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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