In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHYLOCK
Shylock
(noun) a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock
(noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shylock (plural shylocks)
(US) A loan shark; a usurer.
(offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
Synonyms: Yid (not always pejorative), heeb, hymie, kike, sheeny
Verb
shylock (third-person singular simple present shylocks, present participle shylocking, simple past and past participle shylocked)
(intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
Anagrams
• shlocky
Etymology
Proper noun
Shylock
A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Anagrams
• shlocky
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
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