In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PITAPATTED
Verb
pitapatted
simple past tense and past participle of pitapat
Source: Wiktionary
PITAPAT
Pit"a*pat`, adv. Etym: [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.]
Definition: In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.
Pit"a*pat`, n.
Definition: A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The pitapat of a pretty foot." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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