In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCRIGGLE
Verb
scriggle (third-person singular simple present scriggles, present participle scriggling, simple past and past participle scriggled)
(UK, dialect) to squirm, wriggle or squiggle
(rare) to scribble, jot
Noun
scriggle (plural scriggles)
(UK, dialect) A wriggling motion.
Source: Wiktionary
Scrig"gle, v. i.
Definition: To wriggle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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