In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OLPE
Etymology
Noun
olpe (plural olpes)
Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
Anagrams
• LEPO, Pole, lope, pleo-, pole
Source: Wiktionary
Ol"pe, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Definition: Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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