In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TWEEDLED
Verb
tweedled
simple past tense and past participle of tweedle
Source: Wiktionary
TWEEDLE
Twee"dle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Twiddle.] [Written also twidle.]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison.
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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