In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VALISES
Noun
valises
plural of valise
Anagrams
• slavies, vessail
Source: Wiktionary
VALISE
Va*lise", n. Etym: [F. valise; cf. It. valigia, Sp. balija, LL. valisia, valesia; of uncertain origin, perhaps through (assumed) LL. vidulitia, from L. vidulus a leathern trunk; a knapsack.]
Definition: A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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