In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PILFERED
Verb
pilfered
simple past tense and past participle of pilfer
Anagrams
• prefield, prefiled
Source: Wiktionary
PILFER
Pil"fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pilfered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pilfering.] Etym: [OF. pelfrer. See Pelf.]
Definition: To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.
Pil"fer, v. t.
Definition: To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. And not a year but pilfers as he goes Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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