In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOLLOP
lollop
(verb) walk clumsily and with a bounce
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
lollop (third-person singular simple present lollops, present participle lolloping, simple past and past participle lolloped)
To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
(obsolete) To act lazily, loll, lie around.
Source: Wiktionary
Lol"lop, v. i. Etym: [From Loll.]
Definition: To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll. [Law.] Charles Reade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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