In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOILETS
Noun
toilets
plural of toilet
Verb
toilets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toilet
Anagrams
• Sottile, litotes, oil test, toilest
Source: Wiktionary
TOILET
Toi"let, n. Etym: [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]
1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
2. A dressing table. Pope.
3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room.
– Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room.
– Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.
– To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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