In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HUNKY
Etymology 1
Adjective
hunky (comparative hunkier, superlative hunkiest)
(slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
(US, slang) All right; in good condition.
(US, slang) even; square; on equal footing with
Etymology 2
Noun
hunky (plural hunkies)
(North America, slang, ethnic slur) A lower-class person of Hungarian, Romanian, or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.
Source: Wiktionary
Hunk"y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.]
Definition: All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U. S.]
He . . . began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him. Stephen Crane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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