In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GOURDE
gourde
(noun) the basic unit of money in Haiti
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
gourde (plural gourdes)
The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.
Anagrams
• drogue, drouge, rogued, rouged
Source: Wiktionary
Gourd, Gourde n. Etym: [Sp. gordo large.]
Definition: A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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