In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BURSAE
BURSA
bursa
(noun) a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
Bursa, Brusa
(noun) a city in northwestern Turkey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bursae
plural of bursa
Anagrams
• Sauber, Subera, abuser
Source: Wiktionary
BURSA
Bur"sa, n.; pl. Bursæ (. Etym: [L. See Burse.] (Anat.)
Definition: Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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