In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SINGULT
Etymology
Noun
singult (plural singults)
(obsolete) A sob.
Anagrams
• ingluts, lusting, lutings, sutling
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"gult, n.Etym: [L. singultus.]
Definition: A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough. [Obs.] Spenser. W. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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