In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TRINDLE
Etymology
Noun
trindle (plural trindles)
(dialectal) a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
A piece of wood, etc, laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting.
Verb
trindle (third-person singular simple present trindles, present participle trindling, simple past and past participle trindled)
(ambitransitive, dialectal) to roll, trundle.
Anagrams
• tendril
Source: Wiktionary
Trin"dle, v. t. & n.
Definition: See Trundle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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