In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHELTA
Proper noun
Shelta
(Ireland) A language spoken by some Irish Travellers, particularly in Ireland, but also in Britain, which has been heavily influenced by English and Irish and is now effectively a cant or creole, though some scholars think it may have originated as and may retain elements of a non-Irish, non-English language.
Synonyms: cant, Sheldru, Shelru
Anagrams
• Leaths, Lesath, Stahle, Thales, athels, halest, haslet, lathes
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