In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SKINFLINTS
Noun
skinflints
plural of skinflint
Source: Wiktionary
SKINFLINT
Skin"flint`, n. Etym: [Skin + flint.]
Definition: A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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