In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SOOK
Etymology 1
Verb
sook (third-person singular simple present sooks, present participle sooking, simple past and past participle sooked)
Alternative spelling of suck
Etymology 2
Noun
sook (plural sooks)
(Scotland, rare) Familiar name for a calf.
(US dialectal) Familiar name for a cow.
(Newfoundland) A cow or sheep.
(Australia, New Zealand) A poddy calf.
Synonyms
• (poddy calf): sookie (diminutive)
Interjection
sook
(Scotland) A call for calves.
(US dialectal) A call for cattle.
(Newfoundland) A call for cattle or sheep.
Synonyms
• (call): sook cow,sookie, sookow, sukow, suck, sucky, suck cow, sukey
Etymology 3
Noun
sook (plural sooks)
(Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
(Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang) A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.
Synonyms
• (timid person): scaredy-cat, sissy
Etymology 4
Noun
sook (plural sooks)
Alternative spelling of souq.
Etymology 5
Noun
sook (plural sooks)
(US, eastern shore of Maryland) A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
Anagrams
• soko
Source: Wiktionary
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