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.
CHARLATAN
mountebank, charlatan
(noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
charlatan (plural charlatans)
(obsolete) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
Synonyms: trickster, swindler, Thesaurus:deceiver
Source: Wiktionary
Char"la*tan, n. Etym: [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
Definition: One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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