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.
BANJO
banjo
(noun) a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
Verb
banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)
To play a banjo.
(transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
(transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"jo, n. [Formerly also banjore and banjer; corrupted from bandore, through negro slave pronunciation.]
Definition: A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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