According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
CHARQUI
Etymology
Noun
charqui (countable and uncountable, plural charquis)
(South and Central America, Western US) jerky
Source: Wiktionary
Char"qui, n. Etym: [Sp. A term used in South America, Central America, and the Western United States.]
Definition: Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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