In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bannock
(noun) a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bannock (usually uncountable, plural bannocks)
(especially, Scotland, northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
(Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
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Bannock (plural Bannocks or Bannock)
A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ban"nock, n. Etym: [Gael. bonnach.]
Definition: A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.