In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WANKLE
Etymology
Adjective
wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.
Anagrams
• knawel
Source: Wiktionary
Wan"kle, a. Etym: [AS. wancol.]
Definition: Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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