In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MARMITE
marmite
(noun) a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup
marmite
(noun) soup cooked in a large pot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marmite (plural marmites)
A rounded earthenware cooking pot.
Anagrams
• metiram
Etymology
Proper noun
Marmite
(Commonwealth) A brand of sticky, dark brown, strongly flavoured spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, etc.
Noun
Marmite (countable and uncountable, plural Marmites)
(UK, informal) Something which people either love or hate.
Verb
Marmite (third-person singular simple present Marmites, present participle Marmiting, simple past and past participle Marmited)
(transitive) To apply Marmite to.
Anagrams
• metiram
Source: Wiktionary
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