In England 18th century, you could sell your wife at a fair.
Wife selling in England was a way of ending an unsatisfactory marriage, that probably began in the late 17th century, when divorce was a practical impossibility for all but the very wealthiest.
After parading his wife with a halter around her neck, arm, or waist, a husband would publicly auction her to the highest bidder.
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