In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LEGMAN
Etymology
Noun
legman (plural legmen)
(originally, US) A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.
Synonym: gofer
Antonym: leg woman
(originally, US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc, and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story.
Antonym: leg woman
Anagrams
• Gelman, Mangle, lemang, mangel, mangle
Source: Wiktionary
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