In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BUMBLES
Noun
bumbles
plural of bumble
Verb
bumbles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bumble
Source: Wiktionary
BUMBLE
Bum"ble, n. Etym: [See Bump to boom.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
Bum"ble, v. i.
Definition: To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern. As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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