In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CORKSCREWING
Verb
corkscrewing
present participle of corkscrew
Noun
corkscrewing (plural corkscrewings)
A winding, twisting motion.
Source: Wiktionary
CORKSCREW
Cork"screw` (-skr"), n.
Definition: An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
Cork"screw`, v. t.
Definition: To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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