In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VENVILLE
Noun
venville (usually uncountable, plural venvilles)
(historical) A system of tenure in Dartmoor allowing residents to graze animals on the moor and to gather coal, turf, etc. from the forest.
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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