In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCRIBBLED
Verb
scribbled
simple past tense and past participle of scribble
Source: Wiktionary
SCRIBBLE
Scrib"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)
Definition: To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.
Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribling.] Etym: [From Scrible.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
Scrib"ble, v. i.
Definition: To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.
Scrib"ble, n.
Definition: Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. Bunyan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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