In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VANPOOL
Etymology
Noun
vanpool (plural vanpools)
The transport of a pool of commuters in a shared van.
Verb
vanpool (third-person singular simple present vanpools, present participle vanpooling, simple past and past participle vanpooled)
(transitive) To transport people in a vanpool.
(intransitive) To be transported in a vanpool.
Source: Wiktionary
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