The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
BUNCOMBE
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
(noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
buncombe (uncountable)
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
Proper noun
Buncombe
A surname.
A village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Bun"combe, Bun"kum, n. Etym: [Buncombe a country of North Carolina.]
Definition: Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.] All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly.
Note: "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a naïve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent country of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the 'Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for Buncombe.'" W. Darlington.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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