In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OKES
Noun
okes
plural of oke
Anagrams
• EKOs, Keos, skeo, soke
Source: Wiktionary
OKE
Oke, n. Etym: [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. ukiyah, wakiyah, prob. fr. Gr. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight.]
1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2
2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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