In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TINKERED
Verb
tinkered
simple past tense and past participle of tinker
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TINKER
Tink"er, n. Etym: [From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. (Ordnance)
Definition: A small mortar on the end of a staff.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The razor-billed auk.
Tink"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.]
Definition: To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
Tink"er, v. i.
Definition: To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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