In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TRUNKED
Etymology
Adjective
trunked (not comparable)
(in combination) Having some specific type of trunk.
(obsolete) Cut off, severed; mutilated.
Verb
trunked
simple past tense and past participle of trunk
Anagrams
• Kundert, detrunk
Source: Wiktionary
Trunked, a.
Definition: Having (such) a trunk. Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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