In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SIMNEL
simnel
(noun) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
simnel
(noun) a crisp bread of fine white flour
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
simnel (plural simnels)
synonym of simnel cake
Anagrams
• Melins, Milnes, limens, meslin, mislen
Source: Wiktionary
Sim"nel, n. Etym: [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semolina.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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