In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TARABISH
Etymology
Noun
tarabish (uncountable)
A trick-taking card game spread throughout the British Empire by Scottish soldiers; still played in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Lebanon and Afghanistan.
Anagrams
• air baths, air-baths, airbaths, tabashir
Source: Wiktionary
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