In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERWRESTLE
Etymology
Verb
overwrestle (third-person singular simple present overwrestles, present participle overwrestling, simple past and past participle overwrestled)
(transitive, archaic) To defeat or overcome by wrestling.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*wres"tle, v. t.
Definition: To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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