In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
YELLOWLEGS
yellowlegs
(noun) either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
yellowlegs
plural of yellowleg
Source: Wiktionary
Yel"low*legs`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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