In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUNNIES
Noun
gunnies
plural of gunny
Anagrams
• ensuing, ingenus, inguens
Source: Wiktionary
GUNNY
Gun"ny, n., Gun"ny cloth` (. Etym: [Hind. gon, gon,, a sack, sacking.]
Definition: A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage. Gunny bag, a sack made of gunny, used for coarse commodities.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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