In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CAPON
capon
(noun) castrated male chicken
capon
(noun) flesh of a castrated male chicken
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Capon
A surname.
Anagrams
• Ponca, capno-, pocan, pocán
Etymology
Noun
capon (plural capons)
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
Verb
capon (third-person singular simple present capons, present participle caponing, simple past and past participle caponed)
(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of.
Anagrams
• Ponca, capno-, pocan, pocán
Source: Wiktionary
Ca"pon, n. Etym: [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. skopiti to casrate. CF. Comma.]
Definition: A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.
Ca"pon, v. t.
Definition: To castrate; to make a capon of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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