In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JERKED
Verb
jerked
simple past tense and past participle of jerk
Source: Wiktionary
JERK
Jerk, v. t. Etym: [Corrupted from Peruv. charqui dried beef.]
Definition: To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.
Jerk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Jerking.] Etym: [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]
1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] Florio.
2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.
3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.
Jerk, v. i.
1. To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts. Milton.
2. To flout with contempt.
Jerk, n.
1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion. His jade gave him a jerk. B. Jonson.
2. A sudden start or spring. Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs. Grew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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