In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TAXIDERMIES
Noun
taxidermies
plural of taxidermy
Anagrams
• mediatrixes, taxidermise
Source: Wiktionary
TAXIDERMY
Tax"i*der`my, n. Etym: [Gr. taxidermie. See Tactics, Tear, v. t.]
Definition: The art of preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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