In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PLOUTER
Etymology
Verb
plouter (third-person singular simple present plouters, present participle ploutering, simple past and past participle ploutered)
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) To potter.
Noun
plouter (plural plouters)
(Scotland, Ireland, northern England, dialect) The act of ploutering, or splashing about.
Anagrams
• Poulter, poulter
Source: Wiktionary
Plout"er, v. i. [Also plowter, plotter.] [Perh. imitative.]
Definition: To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling.
Plout"er, n. [Also plowter.]
Definition: Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [Scot. & Dial.Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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