In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUESSTIMATE
guesstimate, guestimate
(noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
guesstimate
(verb) estimate based on a calculation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
guesstimate (plural guesstimates)
(informal) An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
Verb
guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)
(intransitive) To make a guesstimate.
(transitive) To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.
Anagrams
• guestimates
Source: Wiktionary
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