In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOPPER
pruner, pruning hook, lopper
(noun) a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
lopper (plural loppers)
A person who lops.
A gardening tool used for lopping.
Synonyms
• (gardening tool): loppers
Etymology 2
Verb
lopper (third-person singular simple present loppers, present participle loppering, simple past and past participle loppered)
(intransitive) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Anagrams
• propel
Source: Wiktionary
Lop"per, n.
Definition: One who lops or cuts off.
Lop"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. lĂĽbbern, levern, OHG. giliber, G. luppe, lab, rennet.]
Definition: To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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