In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JAYHAWKER
Noun
jayhawker (plural jayhawkers)
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas-Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
Source: Wiktionary
Jay"hawk`er, n.
Definition: A name given to a free-booting, unenlisted, armed man or guerrilla.
Note: [A term of opprobrium used in the war of 1861-65, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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