In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALME
Noun
alme (plural almes)
Alternative form of almah
Anagrams
• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, MalĂ©, amel, lame, lamĂ©, leam, lema, male, meal, mela, mela-
Source: Wiktionary
Al"me, Al"meh, n. Etym: [Ar. 'almah (fem.) learned, fr. 'alama to know: cf. F. almée.]
Definition: An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma. The Almehs lift their arms in dance. Bayard Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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