In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MISPHRASE
Etymology
Verb
misphrase (third-person singular simple present misphrases, present participle misphrasing, simple past and past participle misphrased)
To phrase incorrectly.
Anagrams
• misshaper, samphires, seraphims
Source: Wiktionary
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