In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SKERRIES
Noun
skerries
plural of skerry
Anagrams
• Kreisers, sirkeers
Proper noun
Skerries
A coastal town in Fingal, Ireland.
Anagrams
• Kreisers, sirkeers
Source: Wiktionary
SKERRY
Sker"ry, n.; pl. Skerries. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. sker, Sw. skär, Dan. ski. Cf. Scar a bank.]
Definition: A rocky isle; an insulated rock. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PLANTAIN
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
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