In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WHOREHOUSE
whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house
(noun) a building where prostitutes are available
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whorehouse (plural whorehouses)
(vulgar) Brothel.
Synonyms
• See also brothel
Hypernyms
• house
Source: Wiktionary
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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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