In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bodle (plural bodles)
(historical) A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny.
• Doble, lobed
Source: Wiktionary
Bo"dle, n.
Definition: A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.