In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POTSHOT
potshot
(noun) a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
potshot
(noun) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; “reporters took potshots at the mayor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
potshot (plural potshots)
A shot taken at an easy or random target.
Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
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Verb
potshot (third-person singular simple present potshots, present participle potshotting, simple past and past participle potshotted)
To fire potshots.
Anagrams
• hot pots, hot spot, hotpots, hotspot
Source: Wiktionary
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