In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUEREZA
guereza, Colobus guereza
(noun) a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the native name in Ethiopia.
Noun
guereza (plural guerezas)
(zoology) A reddish-brown colobus monkey from Abyssinia.
Source: Wiktionary
Gue*re"za, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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