In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DREARS
Noun
drears
plural of drear
Anagrams
• Raders, darers, reards, serdar
Source: Wiktionary
DREAR
Drear, a. Etym: [See Dreary.]
Definition: Dismal; gloomy with solitude. "A drear and dying sound." Milton.
Drear, n.
Definition: Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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