In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DAMEWORT
Etymology
Noun
damewort (uncountable)
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
Anagrams
• meadwort, metaword, to meward, two-armed, wardmote
Source: Wiktionary
Dame"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
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