In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOBBLERS
Noun
hobblers
plural of hobbler
Source: Wiktionary
HOBBLER
Hob"bler, n.
Definition: One who hobbles.
Hob"bler, n. Etym: [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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