In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GOBBLED
Verb
gobbled
simple past tense and past participle of gobble
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GOBBLE
Gob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] Etym: [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift.
2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
Gob"ble, v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
Gob"ble, n.
Definition: A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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