In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SALONS
Noun
salons
plural of salon
Anagrams
• Nosals, Solans, solans
Source: Wiktionary
SALON
Sa`lon", n. Etym: [F. See Saloon.]
Definition: An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, faschionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
Sa`lon", n.
Definition: An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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