In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OLESTRA
Noun
olestra (countable and uncountable, plural olestras)
A fat substitute (a glyceride of sucrose) that cannot be easily digested and therefore adds no fat, calories, or cholesterol to food products; also used as an industrial lubricant.
Anagrams
• altrose, oestral
Source: Wiktionary
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