In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KICKYWISKY
Kick"sy-wick`sy, Kick"y-wisk`y, n.
Definition: That which is restless and uneasy.
Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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