In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUNSEL
Etymology 1
Noun
gunsel (plural gunsels)
(slang, dated) synonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
(slang, dated) synonym of bottom: a passive partner in a male homosexual relationship.
(prison slang, dated) synonym of bitch: a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship.
Synonyms
• See male homosexual
Etymology 2
Noun
gunsel (plural gunsels)
A gun-carrying hoodlum or other criminal.
Anagrams
• Leungs, lunges
Source: Wiktionary
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