In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNSISTERLY
Etymology
Adjective
unsisterly (comparative more unsisterly, superlative most unsisterly)
Not sisterly; not befitting a sister.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*sis"ter*ly, a.
Definition: Not sisterly. Richardson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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