Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BADINAGE
badinage
(noun) frivolous banter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
badinage (countable and uncountable, plural badinages)
Playful raillery; banter.
Verb
badinage (third-person singular simple present badinages, present participle badinaging, simple past and past participle badinaged)
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
Source: Wiktionary
Ba`di`nage", n. Etym: [F., fr. badiner to joke, OF. to trifle, be silly, fr. badin silly.]
Definition: Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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