In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CURMURRING
Etymology
Noun
curmurring (countable and uncountable, plural curmurrings)
A low-pitched murmuring, grumbling sound.
Flatulence.
Adjective
curmurring (not comparable)
Producing a murmuring or grumbling sound.
flatulent; afflicted by indigestion.
Source: Wiktionary
Cur*mur"ring (kr-mr"rng), n.
Definition: Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes. [Scot.] Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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