In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MOPS
Noun
MOPs
plural of MOP
Anagrams
• MSPO, PMOs, POMs, Poms, SMOP, pMOS, poms
Noun
MOPS (uncountable)
3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid, a buffer that is a structural analog to MES.
Anagrams
• MSPO, PMOs, POMs, Poms, SMOP, pMOS, poms
Etymology 1
Verb
mops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mop
Noun
mops
plural of mop
Etymology 2
Noun
mops (plural mopses)
A pug dog.
Anagrams
• MSPO, PMOs, POMs, Poms, SMOP, pMOS, poms
Source: Wiktionary
MOP
Mop, n. Etym: [See Mope.]
Definition: A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.
Mop, v. i.
Definition: To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.
Mop, n. Etym: [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).]
1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
Mop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.]
Definition: To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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