In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BIB
bib
(noun) a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating
bib
(noun) top part of an apron; covering the chest
tipple, bib
(verb) drink moderately but regularly; “We tippled the cognac”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Phrase
BIB
(medicine, informal) Initialism of brought in by.
(business) Abbreviation of business is business.
Anagrams
• IBB
Etymology 1
Noun
bib (plural bibs)
An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race
(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
The upper part of an apron or overalls.
A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod; the pouting.
A bibcock.
Verb
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
(transitive) To dress (somebody) in a bib.
(intransitive, archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
Etymology 2
Verb
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
(informal) To beep (e.g. a car horn).
Anagrams
• IBB
Source: Wiktionary
Bib, n. Etym: [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]
1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
3. A bibcock.
Bib, Bibbe, v. t. Etym: [L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe.]
Definition: To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer.
Bib, v. i.
Definition: To drink; to sip; to tipple. He was constantly bibbing. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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