In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
proke (third-person singular simple present prokes, present participle proking, simple past and past participle proked)
(obsolete) To poke; to thrust.
• Koper, Perko, Repko, poker
Source: Wiktionary
Proke, v. i.
Definition: To poke; to thrust. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.