In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FAUBOURG
faubourg
(noun) a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; “in Faubourg Sainte-Marie”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faubourg (plural faubourgs)
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris.
Source: Wiktionary
Fau`bourg", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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