In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CAROLI
CAROLUS
Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great
(noun) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
CAROLUS
Car"o*lus, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. Etym: [L., Charles.]
Definition: An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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