In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOTTERY
tottering, tottery
(adjective) unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; “a tottering skeleton of a horse”; “a tottery old man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tottery (comparative more tottery, superlative most tottery)
Tending to totter.
Source: Wiktionary
Tot"ter*y, a.
Definition: Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
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