In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BORDEL
Etymology
Noun
bordel (plural bordels)
(now rare) A brothel.
Anagrams
• Dobler, belord, blored, bolder
Source: Wiktionary
Bor"del, Bor*del"lo, n. Etym: [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board,n.See. Board, n.]
Definition: A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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