In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARDIE
Etymology
Interjection
pardie
By God!
Anagrams
• Piedra, aperid, diaper, paired, piedra, repaid
Source: Wiktionary
Par*de", Par*die", adv. or interj. Etym: [F. pardi, for par Dieu by God.]
Definition: Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath. [Written also pardee, pardieux, perdie, etc.] [Obs.] He was, parde, an old fellow of yours. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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