In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UPTRAIN
Etymology
Verb
uptrain (third-person singular simple present uptrains, present participle uptraining, simple past and past participle uptrained)
(transitive) To train up; educate.
Anagrams
• Puritan, puritan, tanpuri, train up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*train", v. t.
Definition: To train up; to educate. [Obs.] "Daughters which were well uptrained." Spenser.
Up"-train`.
1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. [Eng.]
2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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