In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CLINKED
Verb
clinked
simple past tense and past participle of clink
Source: Wiktionary
CLINK
Clink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] Etym: [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.]
Definition: To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. Shak.
Clink, v. i.
1. To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.
2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.
Clink, n.
Definition: A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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