In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UPSPRANG
Verb
upsprang
simple past tense of upspring
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• sprang up
Source: Wiktionary
UPSPRING
Up*spring", v. i.
Definition: To spring up. Tennyson.
Up"spring`, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] "The swaggering upspring." Shak.
2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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