In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOCKMAN
lockmaster, lockman, lockkeeper
(noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lockman (plural lockmen)
(Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
(Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
Anagrams
• manlock
Proper noun
Lockman (plural Lockmans)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lockman is the 11279th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2801 individuals. Lockman is most common among White (86.54%) individuals.
Anagrams
• manlock
Source: Wiktionary
Lock"man, n.
Definition: A public executioner. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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