In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUMPTERS
Noun
sumpters
plural of sumpter
Anagrams
• restumps, stumpers
Proper noun
Sumpters
plural of Sumpter
Anagrams
• restumps, stumpers
Source: Wiktionary
SUMPTER
Sump"ter, n. Etym: [OF. sommetier the driver of a pack horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius, fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. saj, sañj, to hang on. Cf. Seam a weight, Summer a beam.]
1. The driver of a pack horse. [Obs.] Skeat.
2. A pack; a burden. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
3. An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse. Holinshed.
Sump"ter, a.
Definition: Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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