In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLEXED
Verb
flexed
simple past tense and past participle of flex
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Source: Wiktionary
FLEX
Flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flexing.] Etym: [L. flexus, p.p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.]
Definition: To bend; as, to flex the arm.
Flex, n.
Definition: Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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