In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HANDLESS
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
(adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; “a bumbling mechanic”; “a bungling performance”; “ham-handed governmental interference”; “could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature”- Mary H. Vorse
handless
(adjective) without a hand or hands; “a handless war veteran”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
handless (not comparable)
Without a hand.
(obsolete) Not handy; awkward.
Etymology 2
Adjective
handless (not comparable)
Without a handle.
Anagrams
• handsels
Source: Wiktionary
Hand"less, a.
Definition: Without a hand. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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