In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HANSEL
Noun
hansel (plural hansels)
Alternative form of handsel
Verb
hansel (third-person singular simple present hansels, present participle hanseling or hanselling, simple past and past participle hanseled or hanselled)
Alternative form of handsel
Anagrams
• Hanels, Lehans, Leshan, halsen, lanseh
Proper noun
Hansel
An Anglicised spelling of the German given name Hänsel. English equivalent: Johnny.
A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Anagrams
• Hanels, Lehans, Leshan, halsen, lanseh
Source: Wiktionary
Han"sel, n. & v.
Definition: See Handsel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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