In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WILLYWAWS
Noun
willywaws
plural of willywaw
Source: Wiktionary
WILLYWAW
Wil"li*waw, Wil"ly*waw, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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