In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KNOUTS
Noun
knouts
plural of knout
Verb
knouts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knout
Anagrams
• Toksun
Source: Wiktionary
KNOUT
Knout (nout or nt), n. Etym: [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.]
Definition: A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
Knout, v. t.
Definition: To punish with the knout Brougham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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