In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ARLES
Noun
arles (uncountable)
(Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of earles (“deposit”)
Anagrams
• Arels, LASER, Lares, Laser, Searl, arsle, earls, lares, laser, lears, rales, reals, saler, seral
Source: Wiktionary
Arles, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. Earles penny.]
Definition: An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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