In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WAMPISH
Etymology
Verb
wampish (third-person singular simple present wampishes, present participle wampishing, simple past and past participle wampished)
(ambitransitive, Scotland, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
(intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To wriggle, twist or swerve about, like a fish swimming
Source: Wiktionary
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(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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