In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MOUSEY
mousy, mousey
(adjective) quiet and timid and ineffectual
mousy, mousey, mouse-colored, mouselike
(adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; “a mousy brownish-grey color”; “mousy hair”; “mouse-colored hair”
mousy, mousey
(adjective) infested with mice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
mousey
Alternative spelling of mousy
Source: Wiktionary
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