In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HUNKERS
Verb
hunkers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hunker
Noun
hunkers
plural of hunker
The haunches
Anagrams
• Kushner, Ruhnkes
Source: Wiktionary
Hun"kers, n. pl. [See Hunker.]
Definition: In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting or crouching position. [Scot. & Local, U. S.]
Sit on your hunkers -- and pray for the bridge. Kipling.
HUNKER
Hun"ker, n.
Definition: Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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