In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BODGING
Verb
bodging
present participle of bodge
Noun
bodging (uncountable)
(British) Traditional craft of turning wood for chair legs, braces, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
BODGE
Bodge, n.
Definition: A botch; a patch. [Dial.] Whitlock.
Bodge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodged.]
Definition: To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch. [Obs. or Dial.]
Bodge, v. i.
Definition: See Budge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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