In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BREAKFASTS
Noun
breakfasts
plural of breakfast
Verb
breakfasts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
Anagrams
• fast breaks, fastbreaks
Source: Wiktionary
BREAKFAST
Break"fast, n. Etym: [Break + fast.]
1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.
2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Break"fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.]
Definition: To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.
Break"fast, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with breakfast. Milton.
BREAKFAST
Break"fast, n. Etym: [Break + fast.]
1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.
2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Break"fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.]
Definition: To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.
Break"fast, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with breakfast. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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