In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HORSINESS
Etymology
Noun
horsiness (uncountable)
The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
Anagrams
• herissons
Source: Wiktionary
Hors"i*ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.
2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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